Rail News

Rail freight operators BNSF and Ferromex (FXE) have launched a new rail and road freight service between Chicago and Silao. Trains will operate five days a week from the USA to the Guanajuato Inland Port in Silao from May 27, switching onto...

Govia has won a seven-year contract to operate Britain's biggest rail franchise, Thameslink. The Go-Ahead/Keolis joint venture will start operating the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise in September, taking over from First Capital Connect (FCC). The TSGN franchise will replace the...

The Norwegian government has said it is to transfer control of all of the country's freight terminals to national rail operator Jernbaneverket. Jernbaneverket will assume control of the sites from Rail Combi, a subsidiary of CargoNet. Norway's transport minister, Ketil Solvik...

It is 'paramount' that HS2 gets itself organised to deliver Britain's new high-speed rail network, according to the project's head of engineering and operation. Delivering a talk about how HS2 can benefit from the experience of HS1, Tim Smart said:...

SNCF and RFF expect to spend €50 million modifying platforms after discovering that a new fleet of regional trains are too big for many of the country's older stations. The programme, which will run until 2016, will see 1,300 platforms...

Deutsche Bahn's (DB) rolling stock maintenance arm has signed a contract to maintain Veolia Verkehr's diesel train fleet. DB will maintain 78 LINT diesel multiple-units (DMU), which are currently operating on the NordWestBahn, Bayerische Regiobahn and the Northern Baltic Sea...

Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF has completed a major renewal of the overhead wires between Barcena de Pie de Concha - Torrelavega. Catenary equipment has been completely replaced along the 15-kilometre stretch of railway between Barcena and Los Corrales stations. A total...

London Underground's Northern Line extension could be completed before Crossrail, according to the project's head Graeme Shaw. Speaking at Infrarail 2014, Shaw said that a rapid planning and consultation period could see the Northern Line extension to Battersea and Nine...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to help fund the expansion of a single-track rail tunnel in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains. A new double-track railway is to be constructed through the existing Beskyd tunnel (not pictured) - a notorious bottleneck along...

New York's Metro-North Railroad has announced plans to invest in an on-board track monitoring system. It is hoped the monitoring software, which will be fitted to Metro-North trains to check that the track conforms to legal safety requirements, will prevent...