Helsinki & Espoo commission light-rail line study
City officials from Helsinki and Espoo have given the go-ahead for experts to draft a feasibility study for a new […]
Public Transport
Subway trains ordered for Glasgow
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has taken a significant step in the Subway Modernisation Programme approving the award of contracts […]
Riga: go ahead for trams procurement procedure
The Procurement Monitoring Bureau has authorized Rigas Satiksme, the public transport company in Riga, to continue its procurement procedure for […]
WMATA switches to SmarTrip cards
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) accepts only SmarTrip cards at the Washington rapid transit system Metrorail faregates starting […]
TransLink takes next step for introducing Compass
Canadian transportation authority TransLink will soon take the next major step in rolling out Compass to Metro Vancouver. On 4-8 […]
Calgary offers Wi-Fi at additional train stations
Calgary Transit, with Shaw Communications Inc., has announced six new locations for public Wi-Fi servicing CTrain stations within the downtown […]
Jernbaneverket changes passenger information system
Norwegian railway company Jernbaneverket is informing its passengers with a custom text to speech program, based on an employee’s voice, […]
Sydney: new Rail Operations Centre to be built
Transport for New South Wales (NSW) will build a new Sydney Trains Rail Operations Centre at Green Square that will […]
Maryland: Preferred bidder chosen for Purple Line project
The Purple Line Transit Partners consortium has been selected by the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) as preferred bidder for […]
Sofia: new metro station to open soon
The new Vitosha station on line 2 of the Sofia metro will be opened on 31 July. This was announced […]