Rail Projects

An NCC/Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau joint venture has been awarded a contract to construct the Korsvägen section of Gothenburg's West Link rail project.

The state of Victoria, Australia, has ordered an additional 27 VLocity DMU cars for the V/Line regional rail network.

Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has begun dynamic testing of the first of the 17 Coradia trains for SNTF, Algeria's national rail operator.

Hitachi has announced that work has begun on TransPennine Express' new fleet of intercity trains.

Bombardier has announced its Chinese joint venture Bombardier Sifang has delivered 184 CRH1A-A new generation high-speed train cars for two contracts with China Railway Corporation.

These sections were built before the widespread use of the New Austrian Tunnelling method - which provides a tunnel with a waterproof membrane - go below water level and are prone to leak.

Romania's state railway operator CFR has awarded the Asocierea RailWorks consortium a contract to modernise the Ilteu to Gurasada subsection of railway.

A new line has opened on Toronto's subway network - marking the largest expansion in the city's system for nearly 40 years. 

The order is to provide the Bombardier INNOVIA Monorail 300 platform, along with a total of 240 cars.

Bombardier Transportation's Americas president Benoit Brossoit said the company was pleased to continue its long-term partnership with Denver International Airport, the 18th busiest airport in the world and the sixth busiest airport in the United States.