Rail News

Narrow gauge operator Euskotren has awarded CAF a €150 million contract for 28 new trains. The order will be split into two parts, with 12 units to go to the new Line 3 in Bilbao and 16 to replace the Series...

Capital Metro has been awarded $50 million by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to fund the purchase of new rail cars for Austin's commuter rail system. Of the $50 million, $28 million will finance the procurement of four new...

A project to electrify Taiwan's Hualien–Taitung Line has been completed, reducing travel times between Taipei and Taitung to three-and-a-half hours. Work began to electrify the line in 2009. The project, which has increased the maximum line speed from 110 km/h...

Consultancy GRE has been brought in to provide tender design and design management services to the consortium building a new 56-kilometre high-speed rail line between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The contract, which was awarded by the DCME-PLUS consortium, includes the design,...

Tunnelling works for São Paulo's new Line 6 - Orange metro should begin in the second half of 2014 after the state government approved funding for the project. Governor Geraldo Alckmin and president of the National Bank for Economic and Social...

London Underground's Victoria line is now operating 34 trains an hour - 'the most frequent train service in the UK'. Peak-time services have been incrementally increasing since the Victoria line upgrade was completed in 2012 from 28 trains an hour to...

The new chief executive of Dutch railway operator NS, Timo Huges, has said that no new intercity trains will be introduced onto the network before 2021. Huges made the comments in a letter to the Dutch Parliament responding to requests...

Whenever passenger satisfaction surveys are conducted, the results always highlight the importance of timely, reliable and accurate information. A recent two-day London conference looked at the technology and management of several initiatives in the UK and overseas, and asked the question: “Are public expectations being met and do the current offerings meet these expectations?”  Writes Clive Kessell […]

The new Metrolink line to Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport will launch before the year is out - more than 12 months ahead of schedule. Trams started to run along part of the route from Monday, June 23 as the very...

Singapore's Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew has attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Singapore's Thomson Line (TSL) metro. In a statement, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) described the occasion as a "major step toward our vision of doubling the length of...