Jerusalem opens the first section of the Green Line light rail
The first section of Jerusalem’s Green Line light rail will open on Friday 21 August, following several delays to the […]
Infrastructure
USD 2.4 billion contract for the Los Angeles light rail system
The consortium comprising Skanska and Stacy Witbeck has signed a USD 2.43 billion contract to build a new light rail […]
More freight trains between Bamberg and Erfurt thanks to an ETCS solution
DB InfraGO and Siemens Mobility have developed and authorised an ETCS-based software solution that enables an increase in rail freight […]
Łódź tunnel excavation set to begin
Work on the construction of the Łódź Tunnel, which began as part of the Port Polska programme, is progressing, with […]
Pakistan is planning a EUR 2.2 billion railway modernisation project
Pakistan Railways aims to begin modernising a 480 km section of the Main Line-1, one of the country’s most important […]
The Chinese are modernising the signalling system at a Cairo metro depot
The signalling system at the Tura depot, on Line 1 of the Cairo metro, is to be modernised as part […]
Amtrak receives nearly USD 3 billion for new trains and network modernisation
Amtrak has secured federal grants totalling nearly USD 3 billion for seven rail projects across the United States. The bulk […]
South Korea is spraying water on the tracks and slowing down trains due to the heatwave
South Korean rail operator KORAIL is using nearly 600 automatic track-spraying systems to prevent the tracks from warping during the […]
California’s high-speed trains order has been halved
The California high-speed rail project could run out of available funding as early as December 2027 if the authorities do […]
The modernisation of the Athens metro is set to be completed five months ahead of schedule
The largest-scale project to modernise the superstructure of Lines 2 and 3 of the Athens metro is now 98 per […]