Rail Projects

The Victorian Government has initiated an international search for a supplier to build four tunnel boring machines.

Passenger operators SNCF and Korail have expanded a 15-year partnership.

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Metrowagonmash, a subsidiary of Russian rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding, has reached an agreedment with Sberbank Leasing to deliver 23 carriages to the Nizhny Novgorod metro.

Swedish public transport agency Östgötatrafiken has ordered an extra three Coradia Nordic trains from Alstom.

Moscow has announced a 550 billion roubles (€8 billion) programme to improve the city's public transport network. 

Kenya Railways has taken delivery of a telescopic boom crane to recover failed or derailed vehicles on its standard gauge railway.

Transport minister Paola Tapia said the capital city is facing “a process of growth” and that the project is an important part of transforming the quality of life.

Five rolling stock manufacturers have been shortlisted to build the trains for HS2.

When Class 385s are introduced, ScotRail’s passengers should find these modern trains worth the wait as, amongst other benefits, they will provide a significant increase in capacity.