Rail News

Arriva-owned Grand Central Rail has been given a 10-year extension. The open access operator will continue to operate King's Cross-Sunderland and King’s Cross-Bradford services until 2026. Richard McClean, managing director of Grand Central, said: "As an open access operator, the 10-year...

A train on Switzerland's famed Albula Railway has been left clinging to the side of a mountain after being struck by a landslide. Three cars of the train, which had been travelling between Tiefencastel and Thusis in the Swiss Alps,...

The Government of Western Australia has confirmed that it will go ahead with a $2 billion airport rail link. The 8.5-kilometre Forrestfield Airport Link will branch off the Midland Line at Bayswater Junction, connecting the airport with Perth's commuter rail...

6,721 kilometres by train from Moscow and six time zones ahead of Russia’s capital is Neryungri, a remote Siberian city with one of the world’s largest coal deposits. Why go there by train? David Shirres explains. Neryungri has the closest airport to Tynda, the central city of the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railway which runs […]

Beijing Metro has placed an order for 60 driverless trains from China Northern Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CNR). The vehicles, which will be delivered from May 2015, will operate on the Yan Fang Line - the first of the...

Over the recent Easter period, Spencer Rail completed a first in this country by successfully moving an 800-tonne pedestrian subway into its final position on a bed of compressed nitrogen gas. Writes Collin Carr The work took place at Rochester station as part of the second phase of the overall East Kent Resignalling Programme which […]

The government of New South Wales (NSW) has begun the procurement process for 65 new intercity trains to operate long-distance services between the South Coast, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Newcastle. Rolling stock manufacturers have been asked to submit expressions of...

MTR has estimated that the cost of building the Hong Kong-Shenzhen section of the high-speed Express Rail Link (XRL) will rise to HKD $71.52 billion. In April, MTR announced that construction would be delayed by several months after torrential rain...

Broxtowe Borough Council is to fund a study into the feasibility of extending Nottingham's tram network to Kimberley via Eastwood. The news has been welcomed by Amber Valley Borough Council which is keen to work in partnership with Broxtowe to...

Network Rail has completed several major upgrades in the first of three August closures of the West Coast main line. Britain's busiest rail corridor reopened today (August 11) following a weekend closure to carry out signalling and track renewals between Kings...