Rail News

Aubagne's new free-to-ride tramway has opened to passengers. The first section of Aubagne's light rail network between Le Charrel and Pôle d'échange d'Aubagne, the city's bus station, was inaugurated on August 30. The network, which will be operated by Transdev, will be...

Minneapolis' Southwest Light Rail Transit (LRT) project has been approved by the Twin Cities' Metropolitan Council. The authority is now cleared to submit proposals for the 26-kilometre extension of the METRO Green Line to the federal government for final approval. The...

Near Newcraighall, five miles south east of Edinburgh Waverley, is a siding with a folding buffer stop. Writes David Shirres It is this siding that is to be extended by 49 kilometres to form the new Borders Railway, the longest new UK domestic railway for over a hundred years. The line will open in autumn […]

Finish state-owned rail operator VR has recorded a rise in operating profit despite a sharp fall in international traffic between Russia and Ukraine. Although operating profit on passenger services increased to €4.9 million in the second quarter of 2014, passenger...

Le Mans' mayor is set to open the city's second tram line this weekend. Line 2 will increase the length of Le Mans' light rail network to 19 kilometres and boost its fleet from 26 to 34 Citadis trams. The city...

The construction of a 15-kilometre rail tunnel through the Swiss Alps could be delayed by two years because of an ongoing contractual dispute. AlpTransit Gotthard (ATG), the authority leading the tunnel's construction, said that ongoing legal proceedings meant that the...

Farringdon Station will be “the heart of the heart” of Crossrail. It is going to be the only station in London with interchanges between Crossrail, London Underground services and the Thameslink network. Writes Chris Parker It will also be the only station in the city to have direct connections to three of London’s five airports, […]

Swiss rail operator SBB has renewed its mobile and fixed telecommunications contracts for the next five years. Swisscom will continue to provide fixed and mobile telecommunication services until 2019 - a contract valued at CHF 72.2 million. Sunrise has been awarded a...

Network Rail has awarded three-year infrastructure framework contracts worth £250 million. The contracts, which have an option to extend by a further two years and another year on top of that, cover earthworks, tunnels, bridges and station works throughout control...

JR Central has approached Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for the powers to construct a ground-breaking superconducting (SC) maglev system between Tokyo and Nagoya. Approval from the Japanese government would mean work could finally begin on the 438-kilometre...