Rail News

Japan's Nippon Sharyo has been awarded a 13 billion yen contract to build 96 metro cars for the Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit system. The new six-car train sets, which have been ordered by MRT Jakarta, will operate on the North-South...

Several of Europe's biggest rail industry suppliers and operators have signed up to a new sustainable procurement charter, Railsponsible. Bombardier, Alstom, Knorr Bremse, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and SNCF launched the initiative on March 4 in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The founding members...

The British Government has sold its stake in cross-channel rail operator Eurostar for £757.1 million. Last year, ministers announced plans to dispose of the UK's shareholding in the operator as it looked to make £20 billion from the sale of...

Poland's InterCity Express Premium Pendolino has completed one million kilometres in passenger operation. Since the launch of the service in December, the new fleet has completed around 2,000 journeys between the cities of Warsaw, Gdansk, Gdynia, Krakow, Katowice and Wroclaw. The Pendolinos...

OOO Vagonmaš, a subsidiary of Škoda Transportation, has been named as the winner of a RUB 3.8 billion (€55 million) tender to supply eight new six-car metro trains to St Petersburg. The new trains, which will be built in St Petersburg, will...

Eversholt Rail has announced the sale of its freight wagon fleet to Nacco. The sale, which was confirmed on February 27, includes 920 wagons and 63 load units, which range from container flats and autoballasters to coal and aggregate hoppers...

The first Intercity 225 in full Virgin East Coast livery pulled into King's Cross station on March 2 to kickoff the start of the new eight-year franchise. The event, which included addresses from managing director David Horne and rail minister...

Finland's Prime Minister, Alexander Stubb, has said steps are being taken to progress the Helsinki City Rail Loop amidst reports that the project had been put on hold. Stubb said the government was applying for EU funding through the TEN-T...

CAF has reported an increase in its order backlog in 2014 from €4.8 billion to €5.25 billion. The Spanish manufacturer recorded a turnover of  €1.45 billion in the year ending December 31, 2014. The company's pre-tax profit fell slightly from...

Network Rail has placed a £50 million order with Plasser & Theurer for the UK's first third rail-compatible ballast cleaner. The new vehicle, which will be delivered in 2016, will become the fifth ballast cleaner in Network Rail's fleet. Network Rail has...