Rail News

Logistics provider DHL is to offer a new weekly rail freight service between China and Europe. The block train service will connect Suzhou with the Polish capital, Warsaw, along the trans-Siberian corridor, adding to DHL's existing weekly services from Shanghai...

The chief executives of Deutsche Bahn (DB) and SNCF have agreed to continue the joint operation of high-speed rail services between the two countries until 2020. Signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the InnoTrans 2014 trade fair in Berlin, DB's Rüdiger...

The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has announced that Mick Cash has been voted in as the union's new general secretary. Cash, 54, had been the RMT's deputy general secretary for 12 years before taking over the general secretary...

The European Commission has agreed to provide €74 million to fund Polish operator PKP's new fleet of high-speed Pendolino trains. Alstom is supplying 20 trainsets to the operator - the first of which will enter service in December. During dynamic testing,...

New direct rail services from Blackpool and Shrewsbury to London Euston have been approved by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). Virgin Trains will launch the new services in December as part of a £50 million package of improvements it...

A four-year project to renew and upgrade the track infrastructure between Chicago and St Louis has been completed, paving the way for faster services between the two cities. The high-output track renewal programme has replaced around 500 miles (805 kilometres)...

Stadler is completing the final phase of testing on its first two new electric multiple units (EMUs) for Serbian Railways. The manufacturer is on course to deliver the first train set next month. According to Serbian Railways, the new EMU...

San Francisco has placed a firm order for 175 new light rail vehicles for the city's Muni transit system. The $648 million order includes an option for a further 85 cars, making it Siemens' biggest-ever light rail contract in the...

A new, larger Genève-Cornavin station has been officially reopened after undergoing a CHF 110 million renovation. Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard led a ceremony to mark the completion of the four-year project, which will help to create the additional capacity and improved...

A six-year project to overhaul Nederlandse Spoorwegen's (NS) first generation of double-deck VIRM trains NS has said the overhauled VIRM fleet will be 20 per cent more efficient through the installation of LED lighting, which adjusts depending on the amount of natural...