Infrastructure

Alstom has agreed to help the Iraqi government develop light rail systems in Baghdad and Basra. 

Officials in Southern California have broken ground on a $1.5 billion extension of the Foothill Gold Line between Glendora and Montclair.

Authorities in Uzbekistan have commissioned the country's new Bukhara-Miskin railway.

Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail has said that all of the Netherlands' unguarded level crossings will be eliminated "within a few years."

Telecommunications firms Samsung and KDDI have successfully tested 5G onboard a high-speed train in Japan.

ProRail has moved 25 reinforced concrete beams, which will form the base of the new Lansingerland-Zoetermeer railway station, into place.

The government of New South Wales has shortlisted five consortia to build and operate Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail project.

The company that runs the Channel Tunnel has announced a rebrand to take it into a "new era".

The Irish transport minister has given the green light to a €100m project to increase capacity on Luas' Green line.

Serbia Railways has signed a $247 million (around €209 million) contract with Russia's RZD International for the development of the Belgrade - Budapest line.