DB Cargo’s DAC (Digital Automatic Coupling) system entered customer use which will make climate-friendly rail freight transport significantly more powerful and efficient. “A digital freight train has successfully completed its two-year practical tests. Now the first customers in rail freight transport are set to benefit from the new technology. Our joint experience will then flow…
Network Rail will improve the Anglia rail route with a GBP 2.6 billion (EUR 3 billion) funding under the Control Period 7 five-year programme which will deliver “the best level of train performance possible.” Improvements will be delivered at London Liverpool Street station, now Britain’s busiest station, to improve the passenger experience. These include doubling the number…
Amtrak has selected the Advance joint venture to deliver the USD 6 billion Frederick Douglass Tunnel programme. The Advance joint venture comprises Aecom and Jacobs that will establish an integrated programme management team alongside Amtrak’s in-house Capital Delivery department to advance the programme through completion. Amtrak says that the joint venture has a demonstrated track…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that makes available over USD 2.4 billion to improve America’s freight and intercity rail network. The funding opportunity includes funding for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024 provided by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and builds on more than USD…
Stadler has signed a contract with Gysev Zrt. for the supply of 9+4 Flirt intercity EMUs. The operator railway company plans to put the vehicles into service on the Sopron-Budapest and Szombathely-Budapest routes from 2027. The new multisystem trains will have a license to operate not only in Hungary, but also in Austria. The aluminum…
Transport for the North (TfN) published on 25 March an ambitious new Strategic Transport Plan (STP) for sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the North, enabled by transformational connectivity. The new Strategic Transport Plan (STP) was approved at Transport for the North Board meeting in Leeds by Northern leaders. It outlines how with the right…
Siemens Mobility has been chosen by Metrolinx, the regional public transit operator for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, to handle their track, signal, and right-of-way maintenance for the Central Region of Toronto passenger rail infrastructure system. This partnership builds upon Siemens Mobility’s existing maintenance services in the West Region and signal and communications services…
The U.S. Department of Transport recommends USD 350 million in 2025 for the Chicago Red Line extension project (RLE), part of a USD 4 billion investment package for 14 transit projects in 11 states. The extension project will extend the Red Line with 9 km to the Far South Side of the city, is one of three…
The 17th Shanghai International Exhibition for Intercity and Urban Mass Transit (Rail+Metro China 2024) will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center (2345 Longyang Road, Pudong New Area) from June 5 to 7, 2024. Visitor registration channel is now open! How to easily complete visitor registration for No-Chinese mainland visitors in a few steps? The…
LTG Cargo has launched freight carriage services delivered in Latvia and Estonia to Orlen Lietuva operating the only crude oil refinery in the Baltic States. Starting from March, LTG Cargo will ensure delivery of the freight carriage services on the entire 311 km route Bugeniai (Lithuania) – Valga (Estonia) for the transport of Lithuanian petroleum…