Rail News

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...

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...