Contactless payment on London Underground
Contactless will be available on London Underground, tram, DLR, London Overground, and National Rail services that accept Oyster from 16 […]
Regions
Chicago will invest more than USD 166 million in fleet overhaul
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) approved September 9 the biggest component of a plan to completely overhaul the agency’s second-oldest rail […]
SBB brought out parking app
Swiss railway operator SBB brought out a car parking application in mid-September, according to inside-it.ch. SBB has been testing an […]
Brazil sees rising iron ore exports to China
Exports of Brazilian iron ore to China in the first eight months of the year were up 10.8% to 111Mt. […]
India: PPP model for building solar panels in 200 stations
India’s railway ministry has decided to set up solar power plants of 8.8 mega watt (MW) capacity at railway stations, […]
Uzbekistan to create its own raw material base for metallurgy until 2020
The project on development of the Tebinbulak titanomagnetite ores field in Karakalpakstan (north-west Uzbekistan) in order to create its own […]
Alstom to supply 17 multiple units Algerian National Railways
Alstom has been selected as preferred bidder for a Dinars 21bn (EUR 200 mln) contract to supply 17 bi-mode (diesel […]
Nigeria: Federal Government to develop 5 major dry ports
The federal government is working to develop five major dry ports of international standard in the country, minister of transport, […]
China, Serbia and Hungary will sign an agreement to build high-speed railway from Belgrade to Budapest
Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang agreed to sign together with Prime Minister of Hungary […]
China wants to provide finance to India for supply of bullet trains
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India from September 17 will witness a landmark railway framework cooperation that involves introducing […]