Rail News

GB Railfreight has confirmed a five-year lease with VTG Rail UK Ltd for 18 Ecofret triple-platform wagons. The triple-platform wagon will allow the operator to maximise the number of 40 ft containers it can carry, giving it the option of transporting...

Norwegian Railways (NSB) have given NedTrain the contract to complete the mid-life overhaul of 20 Class 73 electrical multiple units. The Class 73 fleet, which were built in A and B series, were delivered by AdTranz between 1999 and 2000 to...

Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) means different things to different people, so says Tom Lee from the Rail Standards and Safety Board who chaired a recent conference in London on the subject organised by Sagacity Media. The engineering / technical aspects are often not seen in the context of operations or passenger service and, whilst CBTC […]

Queensland has ushered through the construction of a $16.5 billion coal mine and rail project in the state's resource-rich Galilee Basin. Although subject to environmental approvals, the Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail project will see a new 60 million tonne coal...

Jernbaneverket has awarded the NOK 1.3 billion tunnelling contract for a second Ulriken tunnel in Western Norway. Skanska Norway and Strabag AG are to construct a new tunnel beside the existing Ulriken tunnel, which opened in 1964, to increase capacity...

Voith is to supply 4,800 couplers for a new fleet of suburban trainsets ordered by South African rail authority PRASA. Scharfenberg Couplers will be fitted to all 600 X'Trapolis Mega trains being built by Alstom and Gibela to operate on...

Siemens chief executive Joe Kaeser has said the company won't be bullied into making a deal with Alstom. Speaking at a press conference to outline a planned restructuring of the company, Kaeser said he was entirely serious about making an offer to...

WSP has been appointed to begin the next stage of planning for a new London Overground station at Old Oak Common. The consultant is to carry out a Grip 3 study of three options with the hope of establishing the...

Lucchini's Manchester factory is to supply the wheelsets for the Intercity Express Programme's (IEP) new fleet of Class 800/1 trains. Hitachi has awarded Lucchini a contract to manufacture 3,500 wheelsets under phase 1 of IEP, with similar contracts expected to be...

AnsaldoBreda and Belgium's national rail provider, SNCB, have reached an out-of-court settlement in a dispute over the ill-fated V250. AnsaldoBreda's parent company Finmeccanica has agreed to pay SNCB €2.5 million to prevent further legal proceedings. The deal follows an earlier settlement between...