SWITZERLAND: Appenzeller Bahnen has applied to the Federal Office of Transport for permission to convert its 1·96 km Rheineck ...

ITALY: RFI has awarded a €1·6bn contract for the construction of a 22·2 km double-track connection mostly in tunnel between ...

INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has commissioned feasibility studies for three commuter lines and detailed project reports into ...

UK: Worksop-based Explore has divested its Civil Plant & Tool Hire division as part of a strategy to focus on its Transport ...

Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp is investing in technology to manage surging demand while it awaits the arrival of more trains.

UK: Great Western Railway has set a world record for the furthest distance travelled by a battery-electric train on a single ...

GERMANY: ForCity Plus 47T trams supplied by Škoda Group officially entered passenger service in Cottbus on August 15.

POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded GRAW a contract to supply inspection vehicles and software that would ...

USA: Amtrak’s twice-daily Mardi Gras Service between Mobile and New Orleans launched on August 18, after an inaugural train ran two days before.

FINLAND: Rolling stock owning company Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto has been created to facilitate government plans to tender the operation of publicly-funded passenger rail services.

GERMANY: Non-destructive test company Waygate Technologies has launched a fully automated ultrasonic wheelset testing system.

POLAND: City transport operator MPK Kraków has awarded Pesa Bydgoszcz a firm contract to supply 30 Twist 3.0 trams, which ...