French railway operator SNCF has ordered that 2,000 new trains that are mistakenly too wide for many of the country’s regional platforms, at a cost of €15bn. The ...

The new contracts are expected to create 3,000 jobs, mostly at the station site. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. A joint venture between Mace and Dragados (MD JV), the construction partner for HS2’s ...

Metra will become one of the first networks in the US to use Stadler’s BEMU trains. Credit: Stadler Chicago, Illinois’ commuter rail network Metra has ordered eight battery-electric trains as part of ...

With this acquisition, CCRL will become known as Cleveland & Cuyahoga Railway. Credit: Steve Jones OmniTRAX has agreed to buy Cleveland Commercial Railroad (CCRL) and its wholly owned subsidiary ...

The first phase will focus on replacing the Class 150, 155, and 156 trains. Credit: Northern Rail. British train operating company Northern Trains has announced plans for a fleet upgrade, potentially ...

CN anticipates this initiative to further progress hybrid locomotive technology. Credit: Svetlana123/Shutterstock. Canadian National Railway (CN) has initiated a ...

Aecom JV will deliver programme management support for the California High-Speed Rail programme in the US. Credit.Holger Schué from Pixabay. An Aecom-led joint venture (JV) has received a contract for ...

Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC have agreed to acquire US-based railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) in a transaction valued nearly $8.4bn, including debt. Under the terms of the agreement, G&W ...

The product cuts coupling times by 25 minutes according to the manufacturer. Credit: Hubner Group. German light rail technology firm Hübner has revealed its first real-world tests of its automatic ...

Ermewa provides freight railcars and tank containers leasing services and owns a fleet of 100,000 assets. Credit: anncapictures from Pixabay. A consortium comprising Caisse de dépôt et placement du ...

The popularity of driverless metro lines has grown exponentially since the first one was inaugurated in 1981, in Kobe, Japan. Metros built since have had enviable records in safety, flexibility, ...

Hydrogen trains were recently introduced by Alstom in Germany and could be adopted on non-electrified lines in the UK. Credit: ubahnverleih (Via Wikimedia Commons). The railway industry is certainly ...