Rail News

The UK government has set up a 'Rail Industry Supply Chain Forum' tasked with drawing up a strategy to strengthen the global competitiveness of Britain's rail sector. Led by Alstom's UK president Terence Watson, the body will work to help...

Paris Metro Line 9 has welcomed the first new metro of a tranche of 66 new trains being delivered to the French capital. Representatives from transport authority STIF and RATP officially launched the new MF01 trainset on Line 9 last...

Green bonds could soon be used to fund major transport infrastructure projects in the Canadian province of Ontario under plans outlined by Premier Kathleen Wynne. The tax-free bonds are designed to attract a burgeoning group of investors who are looking...

Much has been written on the deployment of the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 across Europe. Most of the more recent High Speed lines are equipped with the system (or more accurately the ETCS – European Train Control System plus GSM-R) where infrastructure and trains are more or less self contained and [...]

Alstom has announced it is to look into selling off a minority stake in its transport division in an attempt to strengthen the company's balance sheet. Chief executive Patrick Kron revealed the plans today (November 6) while declaring Alstom's half-year...

MTR has unveiled the new high-speed train which once operational in 2015 is expected to strengthen economic ties between Hong Kong and mainland China. Testing is set to begin on the first of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link's high-speed fleet...

Planning permission has been granted for a 65,000 sq ft development above the new Crossrail Bond Street station. Westminster City Council has approved the construction of the new office development which will sit atop the Crossrail station's new western ticket...

Sixty years after the last tram ran along the streets of Birmingham, the first section of rail has been laid for the £127 million extension of the Midland Metro network from Snow Hill to New Street station. To keep disruption...

Two of the tunnel boring machines being used in the construction of São Paulo Metro's Line 5 are now in operation - the first time in Brazil's history that two TBMs have been in use simultaneously to build a...

Stadtwerke Mainz AG and Mainz City Council have agreed the funding for a 9.2 kilometre extension of the Mainz tram network. Subsidiary Mainz Transport Company (MVG) has been given the green light to start work on a new €84 million...