Rail News

Birmingham New Street station, which has been undergoing a major reconstruction for the last five years, will open on Sunday, September 20, Network Rail has announced. The work to transform a cramped, 1960s concrete station into a light and airy...

The moments that followed the explosions on trains 204, 216 and 311 have been described in uncompromising detail by survivors of the 7/7 terrorist attacks. They are stories of everyday commuters thrown into something resembling the frontline of a war zone. Altogether, four explosive devices were set off around the...

Scotland's Forth Bridge has become the country's sixth World Heritage site after being officially inscribed by UNESCO. The 125-year-old cantilever bridge spans the Firth of Forth between North Queensbury and South Queensbury. It joins Edinburgh Old and New Towns, the Heart of...

Luxtram and manufacturer CAF have revealed the design of the new trams being built for Luxembourg ‘s first modern light rail network. CAF has developed the styling of its Urbos tram with designers Eric Rhinn, Michel Leonardi and Isabelle Corten. CAF is supplying 21...

MTR has said that the Hong Kong section of the XRL rail link will be delayed until late 2018. The Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Shenzhen Express Rail Link was due to open at the end of 2017 and had already suffered a delay...

Medellín has submitted an order with CAF for 20 three-car metros for the Colombian city's mass transit network. The new units, which can operate as single units or coupled, have been procured to meet growing demand across the 35.5-kilometre metro...

The sky is a cloudless blue. The sunlight is strong – really strong – reflecting off the baked dry earth. It makes any Brit, used to higher latitudes, squint through watering eyes, reach for the sunglasses and head for the nearest shade. This is early summer in the south of France...

Siemens has been awarded the maintenance contract for the train sets it is supplying to All Aboard Florida. The 30-year agreement will be delivered from a maintenance and service depot south of Orlando International Airport and a new site in West Palm...

Polish rail freight operator PKP Cargo has signed a letter of intent with US manufacturer Greenbrier to manufacture and supply thousands of wagons over the next few years. PKP Cargo plans to invest PLN 11.5 million (€2.7 million) to set up...

Remember the old “clackety-clack, clackety clack” as trains moved around the network?  If you are one of our younger readers, you might not. The noise came from the train’s wheels passing over the bolted joints between rails.  Every 60 feet. And with two axles/wheelsets on each bogie, and two bogies...