Rail News

Thameslink's Three Bridges depot has opened and is set to begin maintaining Britain's modern Class 700 fleet. Around £300 million has been invested in Three Bridges and another brand new depot in Hornsey, both built by VolkerFitzpatrick, which will maintain...

Alstom is to supply catenary-free trams for a new east-west line of the Nice Côte d’Azur tramway. This initial €91 million order for 19 units includes an option for up to 18 more trams and the required ground-based charging systems, which...

Saudi Railway Company (SAR) has placed an order for 1,200 rail tank cars from US supplier Greenbrier. The cars will be used to transport molten sulfur and phosphoric acid from mining operations in the Sirhan-Turaif region of northern Saudi Arabia. Greenbrier will manufacture...

More than 125,000 passenger journeys have been made on the Borders Railway in its first month of operation, outstripping initial expectations. Since opening on September 6, 125,971 passenger journeys have been undertaken on the route. The line's popularity has even...

The Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL) and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) transport authorities have chosen to extend a contract with Keolis to operate rail services on Germany's Hellweg network. Keolis subsidiary Eurobahn was first awarded the operating contract for the network, which is made...

Italian open access operator NTV has decided to award Alstom a contract to supply eight new trains. Alstom said it expected to finalise a contract in the coming weeks for the new "high-speed" train sets. The Italian operator already has a...

Alstom has been awarded a €150 million contract to supply the trains and signalling system for a new metro network in Lucknow, India. The contract includes 20 four-car Metropolis trainsets and Alstom's Urbalis Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling technology. Alstom will...

Network Rail has completed a £44 million upgrade to Manchester Victoria station. As well as refurbishing the existing station building, the project has included the addition of a new ETFE roof. In 2009, a Department for Transport report named Manchester Victoria...

Virgin Trains has become the first rail operator in the UK to introduce automatic refunds following delays. Automatic Delay Repay (ADR), which is first being made available for travellers on the West Coast Main Line, will automatically calculate money owed...

A fleet of new Coradia Meridian trains have entered commercial service on Italy's Fiumicino Airport rail link. The eight trainsets, which were ordered by state operator Trenitalia in 2012, will operate Leonardo Express services between the airport and the centre of Rome. Alstom...