Rail News

Newcastle and York are to become Network Rail-managed stations from the start of the new East Coast franchise in 2015. The main line stations will join Reading and Bristol Temple Meads, which Network Rail took over on April 1, under a new management model designed to improve long-term planning for the UK’s railway stations. Network […]

DB International has been handed the role of quality and safety consultant for the Kochi Metro project. Work began on the 26-kilometre elevated metro railway in February and the authority leading the project's delivery has now appointed the Deutsche Bahn (DB)...

Chinese iron and steel company Baosteel has been cleared to pursue a $1.1 billion take over of Aquila after getting the go ahead from Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). The FIRB wrote to Baosteel and its bidding partner Aurizon...

Rio Tinto and Chinalco are searching for investors to back a $20 billion mine and rail project in Guinea after signing an agreement with the country's government. Described by Rio Tinto as being similar in scale to its operation in the...

Following hard on the award of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise to Govia Thameslink Railway last week, the Department for Transport has announced a short delay on the next one. The Essex Thameside franchise, which is basically...

Wuhan Metro's Hankou North extension has opened to passengers. The 5.7-kilometre line extends Metro Line 1 from its current terminus at Dijao to Hankou North. Two additional stations have been built at Teng Kong and Shekou Town. Line 1 was opened in two...

Network Rail has awarded a landmark contract for the installation of traffic management technology at two of the UK's new Regional Operating Centres (ROCs) to Thales. The £28.8 million contract covers the provision of Thales' ARAMIS Traffic Management System at sites...

All Aboard Florida, the organisation looking to build a new 235-mile railway connecting south and central Florida, has unveiled designs for its new station in Miami. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), the Miami station site will cover almost three million...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang have won a S$749 million contract from Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) to supply 91 new trains to the Thomson and Eastern Region Lines. Kawasaki Heavy Industries is responsible for the overall train design and CSR...

A design consortium has been appointed to come up with a development master plan for Philadelphia's 30th Street station. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), in association with Parsons Brinckerhoff, OLIN, and HR&A Advisors, has been chosen to develop a station master plan...