Rail Projects

Network Rail has awarded Hitachi its first ETCS contract to install the European standard signalling technology on two Class 37 locomotives. Hitachi will fit the West Coast Railways locomotives for operation on the Cambrian Line - the UK testbed for ERTMS. The...

The City of San Antonio is withdrawing $32 million it had planned to invest in a new light rail project for the city, citing a lack of public support for the project. City officials have asked public transport operator VIA...

The mayor of Phoenix, Greg Stanton, helped place the first section of track of a new 5-kilometre light rail extension from Montebello to Dunlap avenues. A ceremony was held in July to celebrate the milestone. The Northwest Phoenix light rail extension was originally...

Nottingham's new Citadis trams have transported passengers around the city for the first time in preparation of a major timetable change later in the summer. Some of the new 22-strong fleet have been carrying out trial services on Lines 2...

A court in California has reversed a decision which was stalling funding for the state's planned $68 billion high-speed rail project. In November 2013, a Sacramento Superior Court judge invalidated bonds, which were approved by voters in November 2008, worth...

Constructing more Crossrail routes and a new orbital rail network are two of the solutions which have been put forward by Mayor of London Boris Johnson to solve the transport challenges facing the city. Launching the London Infrastructure Plan 2050, Johnson stressed the importance...

The redevelopment of Birmingham's New Street station is expected to be complete by September 2015, Network Rail has announced. Earlier this month, Network Rail celebrated another milestone in the construction of New Street's new atrium roof, as the first ethylene tetrafluoroethylene...

Ground has been broken on a new light rail system in Detroit - seven years after authorities began planning the new network. The M-1 streetcar project will run north to south for 5.3 kilometres between Larned Street and W. Grand Blvd. The...

Contractors have begun excavating a series of new tunnels as part of the €8.6 billion Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) project. A Strabag/Salini-Impregilo joint venture have held a groundbreaking ceremony to launch the four-and-a-half-year tunnelling project. The €380 million contract will create 38...

Birmingham is to become the home of HS2's new construction headquarters. The facility will employ up to 1,500 people, with the first phase set to open in 2015 - two years before the project's target start date. Although some employees will...