EUROPE: The national passenger train operators of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have launched a joint procurement of 200 km/h ...

EUROPE: Trenitalia has reached an agreement for a depot in Paris which would be the base for trainsets used on routes in France and for planned services through the Channel Tunnel to London.

NIGERIA: Aspiring new entrant to the rail freight market Traxport Rail Services Ltd has announced the granting of a provisional rail operating and track access licence by state incumbent Nigerian ...

CANADA: Greater Montréal regional transport authority Exo has awarded Transdev the next contract to operate commuter rail services.

USA: Communications-based train control technology has been deployed on the Media-Sharon Hill interurban light rail network in Philadelphia.

UK: A scheme to check that Railcards are being used properly is to be trialled this year, the Department for Transport has ...

UK: Passengers will in future be able to claim compensation for late trains directly through the third-party retailers who ...

UK: Electrification technology specialist Furrer+Frey has developed the Lineform.AI tool which uses data from an array of ...

FRANCE: Prospective high speed operator Le Train has finalised two framework agreements with SNCF Réseau covering access to ...

This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector. Modertrans Poznań has unveiled the first of 10 Moderus Beta M30 partially low-floor 15 m long bidirectional trams which were ordered by ...

UK: Keele University is to develop and deliver the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators' Railway Operations Management programme, which includes the Certificate, Diploma and BSc in Railway ...

CHINA: Vossloh has won an order to supply a HSG-2 high speed grinding train which will be used for preventive maintenance to ensure high availability and long-term operational reliability on the ...