Rail Projects

HS2 has named EC Harris' Alistair Kirk as its new programme and strategy director. Alistair, who joins the project in September, will be responsible for the integration, planning and control of the overall HS2 programme. Today's announcement confirms another senior appointment...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €150 million loan to co-finance a major modernisation of Düsseldorf's Rheinbahn light rail network. Düsseldorf's public transport provider Rheinbahn is about to embark on a four-year upgrade programme. The loan will fund the procurement...

A  Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), Ayesa and Louis Berger has been awarded a five-year project management and consultancy contract for line 2 of Panama's emerging metro system. The €23.5 million deal will see the consortium overseeing construction of the...

A Colas Rail/Morgan Sindall joint venture is to carry out a £20 million project to refurbish three more of the historic roof spans at Paddington station. The contract, which was awarded by Network Rail as part of a Multi Asset Framework...

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has recommended a Skanska, Traylor Bros and J.F. Shea (STS) joint venture for a $1.6 billion design and build contract to extend the city's Purple Line. The 6.3-kilometre line will see the existing...

Gold Coast's new light rail system is to open on July 20, the Queensland Government has announced. The coastal city's new fleet of 14 yellow trams - the only trams in the world with a built-in surfboard rack - will go live after...

Stadler and Ansaldo STS have won a contract to build the first phase of a 110-kilometre light rail system in the Danish city of Aarhus. The turnkey contract includes construction of the line and its associated systems, and the supply...

Tunnelling works for São Paulo's new Line 6 - Orange metro should begin in the second half of 2014 after the state government approved funding for the project. Governor Geraldo Alckmin and president of the National Bank for Economic and Social...

Singapore's Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew has attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Singapore's Thomson Line (TSL) metro. In a statement, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) described the occasion as a "major step toward our vision of doubling the length of...

Vienna City Council has unveiled its investment package for the city's metro system over the course of the next 10 years. Wiener Linien's urban rail network is set to grow significantly in the next decade as work is completed on...