Rail News

Network Rail has awarded Hitachi its first ETCS contract to install the European standard signalling technology on two Class 37 locomotives. Hitachi will fit the West Coast Railways locomotives for operation on the Cambrian Line - the UK testbed for ERTMS. The...

The first section of track of the new 30-mile Borders Railway has been laid in Bowshank tunnel. Although the Borders line is a single track railway, the 200-metre tunnel has double track which is part of a 6.4-kilometre dynamic passing...

HS2's chairman, Sir David Higgins, is set to present route options for a new high-speed rail link through the Pennines in October, according to Chancellor George Osborne. The plans for a new trans-Pennine rail link - described by Osborne as...

Czech Railways has taken steps to upgrade its long-distance fleet with the purchase of 14 new electric trainsets from Škoda. The new RegioPanter electric multiple units (EMU) will be built between 2015 and 2016, Czech Railways has said, and will be deployed...

Chinese investors have shown an interest in funding and constructing a Russian gauge high-speed rail link between Moscow and Kazan. Alexander Misharin, the first vice-president of Russian Railways (RZD) and managing director of RZD's, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, has...

The City of San Antonio is withdrawing $32 million it had planned to invest in a new light rail project for the city, citing a lack of public support for the project. City officials have asked public transport operator VIA...

Three complete Thameslink Desiro City carriages will make their world premiere next month at Innotrans 2014. Siemens is manufacturing 1,140 Class 700 carriages for the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise, which Govia begin operating in September. The first of...

The mayor of Phoenix, Greg Stanton, helped place the first section of track of a new 5-kilometre light rail extension from Montebello to Dunlap avenues. A ceremony was held in July to celebrate the milestone. The Northwest Phoenix light rail extension was originally...

A consortium of Australian and Chinese investors have acquired A-Train AB - the owner and operator of the Arlanda Express airport rail service. The sale comes 10 years after Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund (MEIF) purchased A-Train AB, a limited company set...

Nottingham's new Citadis trams have transported passengers around the city for the first time in preparation of a major timetable change later in the summer. Some of the new 22-strong fleet have been carrying out trial services on Lines 2...