Rail Projects

DB Netz and Germany's Minister of Economy and Labour for the State of Schleswig-Holstein have signed a letter of intent supporting the construction of a new electrified rail line leading up to the planned Fehmarnbelt fixed link. Rather than upgrading the existing...

Washington DC's new tram system has begun operating a trial service without passengers ahead of the the line's full commissioning. The 3.9-kilometre H/Benning line is the first of a planned 60-kilometre light rail network for the city and its surrounding...

Spain has committed to investing €5.2 billion on its rail network in 2015 - more than half of the country's transport budget. The Spanish government has said that 54 per cent of the budget will be spent operating, maintaining and...

UK rail assurance solutions provider Comply Serve is set to open a new office in the Middle East to support the delivery of contracts for Riyadh Metro and Qatar Railways. Comply Serve, which is based in Solihull, has announced plans...

Ground broken on $1.4 billion Los Angeles Regional Connector light rail project. US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx attended an official groundbreaking ceremony in LA on September 30 to mark the start of the project. With a planned completion date of...

Birmingham and Doncaster have been selected to become the home of the UK's new National College for High Speed Rail. The college, which will provide vocational training for high-speed rail engineering, will be split between Birmingham’s city centre Science Park and...

Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled the proposed route for a future extension of the Bakerloo line from Elephant & Castle towards New Cross, Lewisham, Bromley and Hayes. After Thameslink, and Crossrail, and the extension of the Northern line to Battersea,...

Construction work on TEX Rail, a new regional rail corridor between Fort Worth and DFW Airport, could begin in 2016. The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T) has received permission from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to start...

A four-year project to renew and upgrade the track infrastructure between Chicago and St Louis has been completed, paving the way for faster services between the two cities. The high-output track renewal programme has replaced around 500 miles (805 kilometres)...

A new, larger Genève-Cornavin station has been officially reopened after undergoing a CHF 110 million renovation. Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard led a ceremony to mark the completion of the four-year project, which will help to create the additional capacity and improved...