Railway

Nigerian locomotive order signed

NIGERIA: China Civil Engineering Construction Corp has awarded CRRC Qishuyan a contract to supply diesel locomotives…

UN convention to speed up cross-border rail travel

INTERNATIONAL: The text of an international agreement which has been developed to streamline cross-border passenger…

Rail Baltica linked logistics terminals approved

LITHUANIA: The government has designated planned freight terminals in Vilnius and Kaunas as projects of national…

Alexa skill enables passengers to book travel assistance

UK: Virgin Trains has launched a ‘skill’ for Amazon Alexa virtual assistants which enables passengers with…

Third rail route to Tokyo Haneda Airport finalised

JAPAN: East Japan Railway expects to start work in May on its Haneda Airport Access Line, which would provide a third…

Bangladesh Railway orders metre-gauge locomotives

BANGLADESH: Hyundai Rotem has been awarded a contract to supply a further ۲۰ diesel–electric locomotives to Bangladesh …

PACA launches TER tendering process

FRANCE: President of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Renaud Muselier has announced the start of tendering for the…

Arctic Ocean railway plan put on ice

EUROPE: The construction of a railway between Finnish Lapland and the Arctic Ocean is not currently commercially…

Spain – Luxembourg rail motorway service launched

EUROPE: A ‘rail motorway’ service carrying unaccompanied lorry trailers ۱ ۲۱۹ km between Barcelona and Luxembourg was…

Operail to lease rebuilt GE locos to Ukrainian operator

EUROPE: Estonian freight operator Operail has awarded CZ Loko a contract to supply kits for the rebuilding of a…