SWEDEN: Systra has been awarded its first major metro contract in Stockholm, supporting the control system and rolling stock ...

ALBANIA: The European Investment Bank has signed a €90·5m financial package to support the €121m modernisation of the line ...

Network Rail Property has submitted an application to redevelop London Liverpool Street station, with the cost to be covered ...

EUROPE: Supply industry association UNIFE has called for the EU budget to include a dedicated €3bn rail research programme as ...

UK: Testing is underway with what is thought to be the first installation of European Train Control System equipment on an ...

FRANCE: Stadler has signed a contract to supply eight customised diesel-battery hybrid multiple-units for the narrow gauge ...

UK: Voltage controlled clearance technology has been used to avoid the need to rebuild seven bridges and four signal gantries ...

INDIA: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has inspected the first of the 9 000 hp EF-9K electric freight locomotives being ...

Île-de-France tram-train line T14 has been launched, taking over the 9·9 km Esbly – Crécy-la-Chapelle suburban rail branch to ...

UK: South Lanarkshire's second Rail Skills Academy has been launched to equip 11 young people with the skills and experience ...

INDIA: The new Pamban railway bridge in Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district was inaugurated when Prime Minister Narendra Modi operated the vertical lift span to facilitate the passage of a naval ...

Stated-owned logistics business Transnet is seeking a private sector partner to help establish a rolling stock leasing company as part of the opening of the rail freight market to competition.