Railway

Stadler breaks ground on new rolling stock plant

STADLER held a groundbreaking ceremony at St Margrethen in eastern Switzerland on July ۴ to mark the start of…

Ricardo team wins IMechE Railway Challenge on debut

Grads and apprentices from Ricardo Rail have won the annual Railway Challenge organised by the Institution of…

ÖBB orders Bombardier EMUs

National operator Austrian Federal Railways has placed a €۱۸۸m firm order for ۲۵ six-car Talent ۳ regional electric…

Manchester orders ۲۷ LRVs to boost Metrolink capacity

TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has awarded a consortium of Bombardier UK and Kiepe Electric a £۷۲m contract…

Prorail to increase capacity of Amsterdam stations

THE Netherlands government has decided to reconstruct and expand Amsterdam Central and Amsterdam South stations in…

Russia Railways launches €۱.۲ billion project in Iran

Russian Airways has begun the ۱.۲ billion-euro electrification of the Garmsar-Ince Burun railway line in Iran, which…

Colas subsidiaries win €۶۳m Angers tram contracts

THREE Colas subsidiaries won two contracts on June ۲۷ related to the construction of the second tramway line in Angers…

Additional services relieve pressure on Norwegian Line

THE Norwegian minister of transport, Mr Ketil Solvik-Olsen, has announced the introduction of additional services on…

Britain’s regulator has launched an inquiry into the major disruption to train services on the Northern and Thameslink networks following the introduction of a new timetable on May ۲۰. David Briginshaw reports.

MAY ۲۰ should have been the culmination of the £۷bn Thameslink investment programme with the start of the first phase…

Rijeka integrated transport agreement signed

An agreement for multimodal transport integration in the city of Rijeka was signed by the local authorities, passenger…