Rail News

The government of New South Wales (NSW) has begun the procurement process for 65 new intercity trains to operate long-distance services between the South Coast, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Newcastle. Rolling stock manufacturers have been asked to submit expressions of...

MTR has estimated that the cost of building the Hong Kong-Shenzhen section of the high-speed Express Rail Link (XRL) will rise to HKD $71.52 billion. In April, MTR announced that construction would be delayed by several months after torrential rain...

Broxtowe Borough Council is to fund a study into the feasibility of extending Nottingham's tram network to Kimberley via Eastwood. The news has been welcomed by Amber Valley Borough Council which is keen to work in partnership with Broxtowe to...

Network Rail has completed several major upgrades in the first of three August closures of the West Coast main line. Britain's busiest rail corridor reopened today (August 11) following a weekend closure to carry out signalling and track renewals between Kings...

A Züblin/HOCHTIEF joint venture has won the contract to construct a new rail tunnel beneath the city of Rastatt along the Karlsruhe-Basle line. DB Netze is managing a major upgrade of the line. The existing double-track railway will become a four-track corridor, allowing...

Chairman of Saudi Railways, Mohamed Swaiket, has signed a SAR 392 million (€78 million) contract to double track a section of the Dammam-Riyadh rail freight line. The first phase, which should be completed within the next two years, covers the...

Rail travel in Portugal have experienced a revival in 2014, with passenger figures rising by 2.4 per cent over the same period last year to 54 million. Portugal's state-owned rail operator Comboios de Portugal (CP) described the figures as a 'reversal of...

Stockholm City Council has appointed WSP to design a new metro line connecting Odenplan and Arenastaden. The route is one of several new lines and extensions being explored by the authority. In November last year, the council said it planned to...

When it comes to bridge installation, nowhere is time more critical than on the rail network. While installing, renovating or repairing bridges on the road network brings its own inconvenience, there are a number of workarounds that include contraflows, the use of alternative detour routes and other traffic management techniques. These are luxuries not as […]

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced that plans for a spur connecting Crossrail to the West Coast main line are being developed by the Department for Transport (DfT). The feasibility study – conducted in-house – should be ready by the...