Rail Business
Canadian National to lease 350 new wagons by end of 2018
CN said that the wagons are being obtained to meet a growing demand in forest products and metals business from customers across North America.
Rail Business
GB Railfreight awards Class 92 locomotive maintenance deal to Alstom
These locomotives will be maintained at Alstom's Wembley depot for the next 12 years.
Electrification
Keltbray Group to form electrification JV in pursuit of works in Canada
Should the JV secure work in Canada it will take Keltbray overseas for the first time.
Rail Business
Stadler secures first train order in Slovenia
State operator Slovenian Railways has awarded Stadler a €170 million deal for 26 trains - the manufacturer's first order in the country.Â
Infrastructure
Work starts on £225m Luton Airport automated people-mover
A VolkerFitzpatrick-Kier joint venture is the project's civil works contractor and Doppelmayr Cable Car UK is supplying the APM system.
Rail Business
EIB invests more than €1.7bn in Stockholm metro and new trains for Lombardy and Tunisia
The European Investment Bank has announced an investment of more than €1.7 billion on improved rail transport in Europe and North Africa.Â
People
Concrete sleeper factory opens in Bavaria
The factory took almost three years to plan and construct is set to make up to 600,000 sleepers a year, primarily for German railways.
Hyperloop
Study finds C$1.7bn undersea rail tunnel the most attractive option for Labrador-Newfoundland link
The recommendation draws on new geological research, innovations in tunnel technology and other factors but echoes advice made in a 2004 pre-feasibility which also assessed a link across the Strait of Belle Isle.
Rail Business
RegioJet receives first Traxx locomotives
The locomotives arrived over the weekend of April 14-15 after being assembled and tested by Bombardier at its Kassel plant, Germany.
Rail News
MTR to support operation and maintenance of Macau LRT
The Macau SAR Government has awarded MTR a MOP 5.88 billion (€588.8 million) operations and maintenance assistance services (O&M) contract for the Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Taipa Line.
Latest News
Petards Rail boosts team with new appointment
Intelligent train technology provider Petards Rail has appointed Calvin Fahey to the role of procurement manager.
Calvin is Level 3...