Railway

Bangladesh orders Hyundai Rotem locomotives

BANGLADESH Railways (BR) has awarded a Taka ۲۹۷۶m ($US ۳۵m) contract to Hyundai Rotem for the supply of ۱۰ metre-gauge…

Transmashholding and Hitachi agree traction inverter joint venture

TRANSMASHHOLDING, Russia, and Hitachi, Japan have agreed to set up a joint venture in Russia to produce traction…

GE Transportation-Wabtec merger shakes up supplier ranking

THE ranking of the world’s largest railway equipment suppliers is set to change when the agreed merger between GE…

SKM Warszawa signs Pesa Elf۲ order

Suburban operator SKM Warszawa signed a contract with Pesa on May ۲۱ for the supply of up to ۲۱ Elf۲ electric multiple-…

University alliance to promote high speed rail

The International Union of Railways has moved to strengthen its nascent network of academic institutions which are…

Czech - Polish cross-border link reopens

PASSENGER services have resumed on the line between Walbrzych in southwest Poland and Meziměstí in the north of the…

Celebrations as Brightline trains reach Miami

A weekend of celebrations entitled ‘Welcome to the ۳۰۵!’, referencing the city’s historic telephone code, marked the…

Record number of exhibitors from Berlin-Brandenburg at InnoTrans ۲۰۱۸

Almost ۷۰ companies from Berlin and Brandenburg will be joining forces to exhibit at InnoTrans ۲۰۱۸ with their…

Northern Latitudinal Railway construction to begin next year

A protocol finalising the conditions and parameters for the concession to build the Northern Latitudinal Railway (NLR)…

Albanian railway rehabilitation project moves forward

TENDERING has begun for a contract to rehabilitate the ۳۴.۲km line between the Albanian capital Tirana and the port of…