Rail News

India's high-speed rail authority has received Rs 100 crore (€12.3 million) to 'take further steps' towards building a new high-speed network Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. High Speed Rail Corporation (HSRC), which was established in October 2013, will carry out feasibility studies into the so-called 'diamond...

A 17-coach special Russian Railways train arrived at Tynda on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railway on July 8. The train, which is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the start of the volunteer movement to complete the railway in extreme...

There have been several articles already on ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) published in The Rail Engineer, and there will be many more as the years progress. This vitally important system for the future of signalling and train control is slowly rolling out across Europe. Writes Clive Kessell Here in the UK, another milestone […]

The number of passengers taking high-speed trains in Spain rose by 20 per cent last year, according to Ana Pastor. During the first six months of 2014, AVE ridership had risen by a further 12 per cent on the previous...

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has recommended a Skanska, Traylor Bros and J.F. Shea (STS) joint venture for a $1.6 billion design and build contract to extend the city's Purple Line. The 6.3-kilometre line will see the existing...

Rail Live 2014. An exhibition which does exactly what it says on the tin – it shows off railway engineering working in front of an audience, live. Writes Nigel Wordsworth The first Rail Live took place on 18/19 June at Long Marston near Stratford-upon-Avon. Building on the success of last year’s National Track Plant Show, over 300 […]

Network Rail has told it must pay back £53.1 million for missing punctuality targets between 2009 and 2014. Publishing its CP4 review, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) praised Network Rail for delivering the vast majority of its ambitious enhancements...

From August, Russian Railways (RZD) will operate new 20-car high-speed Sapsan services between Moscow and St Petersburg, doubling its current capacity. RZD said the new dual unit trains, which will have a seating capacity of more than 1,200, will be introduced...

The city of Kraków has signed a contract with Polish rolling stock manufacturer PESA Bydgoszcz for 36 new low-floor trams. The new vehicles, which will be delivered from next year until September 2015, will go into service on Line 4 allowing the...

Gold Coast's new light rail system is to open on July 20, the Queensland Government has announced. The coastal city's new fleet of 14 yellow trams - the only trams in the world with a built-in surfboard rack - will go live after...