Rail Projects

The fit out of two pre-series Berlin U-bahn metro trains is set to begin after the body shells were presented by Stadler Pankow. Stadler Pankow is initially building two IK metro trains to test on lines U1 to U4 of...

Chesapeake, Virginia, is looking to try and finance a study into a proposed extension of the Tide Light Rail system to Greenbrier. The project is one of a several planned extensions of the system which operates in Norfolk within the...

Poland's infrastructure manager, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, is to receive a €268 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to improve a stretch of electrified railway between Katowice to Kraków. The 58-kilometre route is to undergo a major upgrade, with ballast, sleepers,...

Crossrail tunnel boring machine (TBM) Jessica has started work on a 900-metre tunnel in London's Docklands. Described by Crossrail as the project's shortest tunnel drive, the tunnel will form part of the south-east spur of the new route. The tunnel begins...

Victoria's state government has committed $8 million over the next two years to further developing plans for a series of projects along Melbourne’s Richmond to Footscray rail route. Featured projects include the E-Gate development, Federation Square East, the Flinders Street...

Spain's transport ministry and the country's infrastructure manager, ADIF, have awarded several contracts worth almost €240 million to accelerate work on a new high-speed railway between Antequera and Granada. Siemens Rail Automation and Thales have won the largest of the three...

Rio Tinto and Chinalco are searching for investors to back a $20 billion mine and rail project in Guinea after signing an agreement with the country's government. Described by Rio Tinto as being similar in scale to its operation in the...

Wuhan Metro's Hankou North extension has opened to passengers. The 5.7-kilometre line extends Metro Line 1 from its current terminus at Dijao to Hankou North. Two additional stations have been built at Teng Kong and Shekou Town. Line 1 was opened in two...

Crossrail and Network Rail have inched a new flyover into place in Stockley, marking an important milestone in the completion of the new railway's overground works. The structure will allow Crossrail and Heathrow Express trains to cross over the Great...

It is 'paramount' that HS2 gets itself organised to deliver Britain's new high-speed rail network, according to the project's head of engineering and operation. Delivering a talk about how HS2 can benefit from the experience of HS1, Tim Smart said:...