Rail News

Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang have won a S$749 million contract from Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) to supply 91 new trains to the Thomson and Eastern Region Lines. Kawasaki Heavy Industries is responsible for the overall train design and CSR...

A design consortium has been appointed to come up with a development master plan for Philadelphia's 30th Street station. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), in association with Parsons Brinckerhoff, OLIN, and HR&A Advisors, has been chosen to develop a station master plan...

Quito Metro has invited bids from manufacturers around the world as it looks to procure 18 new trains and auxiliary vehicles for a new mass transit system in the Ecuadorian capital. Train builders have until June 16 to respond to...

Serco has been awarded a 15-year franchise by Transport Scotland to operate the iconic Caledonian Sleeper service between London and Scotland. The franchise, which has been let separately to the ScotRail franchise, will include the introduction of four new trains...

Transport authority Centro has applied to the Secretary of State for the powers needed to extend the Midland Metro in Wolverhampton. Centro has submitted a Transport and Works Act Order Application to deliver an £18 million extension of the network...

The first of a fleet of 22 new light rail vehicles for a new tram system in Santos, Brazil, have arrived ready for testing. The first new low-floor vehicles, which have been built by Vossloh and Brazilian firm T’TRANS, will operate...

Crossrail and Network Rail have inched a new flyover into place in Stockley, marking an important milestone in the completion of the new railway's overground works. The structure will allow Crossrail and Heathrow Express trains to cross over the Great...

Wiener Linien, the body which operate's Vienna's public transport network, has awarded Siemens a contract to modernise the signalling system currently in use on the U4 metro line. Between 2016 and 2019, Siemens will commission five new interlockings and a...

Holland's main passenger rail operator has launched a new 'international' brand as it looks to restructure the business. From 2015, NS is hoping to have its high-speed and conventional network operations managed by the same body. To enable this separation, the...

MTR has lost its legal challenge against Sweden's state-owned operator after being blocked from selling tickets on its website. Sweden's competition authority (FCA) has said it is dropping its investigation into SJ. MTR is not able to sell tickets for its...