High Speed Rail
Spanish prime minister inaugurates Valencia-Castellón high-speed railway
Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has opened a new section of high-speed railway between Valencia and Castellón on Europe's Mediterranean Corridor.
HS2
Kier and Eiffage form 50/50 joint venture for HS2 contracts following Carillion collapse
The two remaining members of HS2's CEK joint venture are to move forward as a 50/50 partnership to deliver two of the seven construction contracts for the London to Birmingham line.
High Speed Rail
HS2 releases striking viaduct designs
Designs for what will be one of the longest viaducts in the UK have been presented by HS2.
Rail Business
Stadler: “We have now broken into the Polish market”
Stadler is celebrating the signing of two landmark contracts in Poland.
Rail News
Taskforce to assess new commuter rail service in Alaska
A report from 2011 on the Railroad's website recommended that the service would operate during weekday peak hours at a maximum speed of 42mph.
Electrification
Commercial operations launched on Ethiopia-Djibouti railway
A new standard gauge railway connecting landlocked Ethiopia to Djibouti has been launched in Africa.
Rail News
New Caledonian Sleeper carriages to enter passenger service in October
The countdown to the introduction of new Caledonian Sleeper trains has begun with the first carriages arriving in the UK.
Five carriages arrived in the outskirts of Glasgow on the morning of January 16, after travelling through the Channel Tunnel to...
High Speed Rail
How will collapse of Carillion impact HS2?
The fall of Carillion - a story which has already been documented at length by British media outlets since it broke yesterday - will have far-reaching consequences.
Rail Business
Brightline in the limelight as game-changing railway launches in the US
January 13 marked the long-awaited launch of Brightline, the country's first privately-owned passenger train service since the 1980s.
Electrification
Renfe tests passenger train powered by liquefied natural gas in Spain
Renfe has tested what it has described as the first passenger train in the world to be powered by liquefied natural gas.
Latest News
Unseen photos from the Coronation released by SWR for the first anniversary
South Western Railway (SWR) has released new, unseen photos ahead of the first anniversary of the Coronation of Their...