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Sunshine Coast councillors has presented several route options for the city's proposed light rail line. The line will connect Maroochydore in the north with Caloundra in the south, passing through Mooloolaba and Kawana. A number of different options have been...

Costain and Morgan Sindall have been appointed to carry out the main infrastructure works on the Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP). Network Rail plans to complete the main electrification works on the railway linking Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley stations by 2016. The...

Deutsche Bahn (DB) train drivers are to stage a four-day strike later this week described by the operator as the longest in the organisation's history. GDL announced the strike after talks broke down between the union and DB on November...

Funding has been confirmed for Manchester Metrolink's Trafford Centre extension as Whitehall commits to greater devolution of power to the city's authorities. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) plans to submit a Transport and Works Act Order for the 5.5-kilometre line...

A Swiss court has lifted a suspension preventing SBB from concluding a CHF 1 billion high-speed train contract with Stadler Rail. SBB and Stadler have now officially signed a contract for 29 double-deck trains for the Gotthard route following the Federal...

Mexico has awarded a consortium of Chinese, Mexican and French companies the contract to construct the country's first high-speed railway. The winning consortium included the China Railway Construction Corporation and CSR Corporation, Mexico's Constructora y Edificadora, GIA, Prodemex, GHP Mexican Infrastructure...

Transport for London (TfL) has proposed building a new tram loop near East Croydon station. The authority has said that the loop is needed to link the network to the £1 billion Croydon Partnership Development and enable the tram system...

On the face of it, it seemed like a pretty brave thing to do – to launch a massive 60-metre span temporary bridge into free space above two wrought iron ...
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Network Rail has taken over 105 leasehold sites from three of the UK's biggest freight operators in a bid to improve competition in the sector. The acquisition process, which includes 87 sites from DB Schenker, 15 from Freightliner and three...

Czech rail manufacturer Inekon has been selected to design and build six new trams for Detroit's M1-Rail project. Inekon, which has supplied light rail vehicles to other US cities including Portland and Seattle, will now enter into talks with M-1...