Gotthard Base Tunnel freight train test launched
AlpTransit announced that has launched the first freight train that runs through the completed Gotthard Base Tunnel. This test should […]
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Forwardis, the single entity for SNCF’s rail freight activities
SNCF Logistics merged its European freight subsidiaries Ecorail, Ermechem, Ermefret, Captrain Solutions and Captrain UK into one company- Forwardis. Starting […]
Calgary CTrain revealed
Calgary Transit, Canada, held a ceremony to present the first of 63 new S200 CTrain LRVs. The new vehicle, built […]
Dresden – Prague HSR feasibility study presented
Saxon State Minister of Transport Martin Dulig presented the conclusions of Dresden – Prague HSR feasibility study. The study proposes […]
Cando Rail plans to build a new rail terminal in Kamloops
Canadian Cando Rail Services is expanding into British Columbia with the recent purchase of an 89 acre parcel of land […]
China to invest more that USD 120 billion in railway infrastructure
China will invest CNY 800 billion (USD 121.4 billion) in fixed assets in 2016 in order to expand the railway […]
WB and Indian Railways to establish an infrastructure Fund
The World Bank and the Indian Railways would work together to create a Railway Development Fund that will partly finance […]
California HSR Authority enters into station-area planning agreement
The California High-Speed Rail Authority entered into a station-area funding agreement with the City of Burbank to begin the planning […]
Metro Rail Transit 3 LRV’s tests launched
Philippines’ Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has started testing the second Metro Rail Transit 3 coach purchased from China. […]
Ahmedabad Metro Line 2 works launched
India’s Gujarat Chief Minister, Anandiben Patel, launched works for Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project’s North-South Corridor (Line 2). Ahmedabad Metro Line […]