Newcastle budget to include USD 100m to step up light rail plans
The Baird Government in Australia is pushing ahead with its light rail plans in Newcastle, with a major funding allocation […]
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China develops new traction system for high-speed train
Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute (ZELRI) and CRRC Corp has successfully developed the permanent-magnet synchronous electric-machinery traction system, WantChinaTimes reports. […]
Alstom hands over a H3 hybrid locomotive to Volkswagen and receives more orders
Alstom handed over a H3 hybrid locomotive to Volkswagen (VW). The locomotives were built at Alstom’s Stendal site in Scaxony-Anhalt, […]
Olsztyn to receive modern trams
The Polish city of Olsztyn welcomed the first tram in over 50 years after Solaris delivered the first of 15 […]
India: new partnership for railway bogie design
The Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) has signed a memorandum of understanding with defence PSU and metro car manufacturer BEML […]
Hochtief ViCon awarded contract for Doha Metro
The company will provide BIM services for the RLR JV – a consortium comprising Rizzani de Eccher of Italy, Korea’s […]
Two companies will deliver rail industry’s first smartphone based ticket issuing system
Fujitsu will work with UK-based public transport group Arriva, to install the rail industry’s first smartphone based ticket issuing system. […]
France and Iran to cooperate on urban development
Iran has major plans for urban development, construction of mass housing and decentralization as well as public transportation, Iranian Minister […]
Ramboll Environ to undertake Danish rail EIA
Ramboll Environ has been contracted by the state agency Rail Net Denmark to carry out the EIA of a planned…...
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ERA Executive Director: We reached a fundamental milestone for the establishing of the Single European Railway Area
„By reaching a political agreement on the Technical Pillar of the Fourth Railway Package we experimented a fundamental milestone for […]