Rail News

Germany’s Lower Saxony public transport authority, LNVG, has ordered six new Coradia Lint regional trains to add to its fleet. The €25 million contract follows an initial order placed in 2011. The latest agreement will also see Alstom modernise 13...

Transport for London (TfL) is seeking manufacturers to supply at least 39 new electric trains to operate on its extended Overground network from 2017. TfL has published a notice with the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for a fleet...

NS has withdrawn a fleet of leased Traxx locomotives currently operating IC-Direct services between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Breda because of a pantograph fault. All 18 vehicles have been taken out of service as a precaution after manufacturer Bombardier warned the...

Germany's rail industry experienced a sharp rise in demand last year, seeing rail manufacturing increase by 42 per cent to €14.9 billion. Although the figure set a new record for rail vehicle and component orders within the German market, the result...

The operators of metro systems in Dubai and Seoul, South Korea, have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to share rail sector knowledge and expertise. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT)...

HS2 has announced that it is to partner with the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) to instill safety into the design and construction of Britain's £45 billion high-speed rail project. Last week, HS2 confirmed that Japan’s high-speed rail operator...

London Underground (LU) has named the 20 contractors that will deliver £330 million-worth of station improvements on the network over the next seven years. Everything from the floors, walls, ceilings, CCTV systems and electrical systems are to be renovated as...

Italy's private high-speed rail operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV) has been given permission to operate services from the capital's main Roma Termini railway station. Until now, Rome's central station has solely been used by Trenitalia, a subsidiary of state-owned Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane,...

The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, has inaugurated line 1 of the Panama Metro - Central America's first subway system. Martinelli was joined by the Minister for Canal Affairs and executive secretary of Panama Metro, Roberto Roy, on April 5...

One of Birmingham's new Urbos 3 trams has been as Snow Hill station to show passengers what's in store for the city's public transport network. The tram, one of 21 being built by Spanish manufacturer CAF, will eventually operate from...