Rail News

Škoda has won a contract to supply the traction motors for 40 new metro trains being built for the Chinese city of Suzhou. The new trains, which are being manufacture by CSR Nanjing Puzhen, will go into operation on Suzhou's...

An FCC-led consortium has won a €506 million contract to build a section of the Doha Metro Red Line. The contract, which was awarded by the Qatar Railways Company, is FCC's first major project in the Arab Emirates and the company's...

Spain paused yesterday (March 11) to mourn those who were killed during a terrorist attack on Madrid's rail network a decade ago. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Madrid Bombings which killed 191 people and injured 1,800 more. On...

Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CSR Sifang has built its first ForCity tram after purchasing the license from Škoda Transportation. A prototype vehicle is now ready to be presented to potential customers across China, Škoda has said. CSR Sifang purchased a 10-year...

Industry leaders have been paying tribute to RMT union leader Bob Crow who died suddenly in the early hours of this morning at the age of 52. RMT confirmed the death of its general secretary in a short statement on...

CAF has agreed an order for up to 124 new low-floor trams for the city of Budapest. With funding from the European Union, the Spanish manufacturer will build 37 Urbos trams for operator BKK, with an option for an additional...

South West Trains has launched its first 10-car service between Waterloo and Windsor in a bid to increase capacity on its suburban network. The train will operate 14  services between Waterloo International and Windsor every weekday. Over the course of the...

Amtrak has said it expects to meet a deadline set by the US government to install Positive Train Control (PTC) on all passenger railways by 2015. Announcing its 2014 capital investment programme, Amtrak said it would continue its "aggressive" installation...

At 35,000 ft above the Atlantic Ocean, the pitot tubes (air speed sensors) iced up and failed (a known phenomenon) causing the auto-pilot to disengage. Writes David Bickell The inexperienced co-pilot did not know how to correctly react to the situation. The pilot returned to the cockpit after taking a rest but could not assimilate […]

Work was suspended on the site of tram works in Nottingham after human remains were discovered by contractors Taylor Woodrow. Police cordoned off the site in Poplars Court, Lenton Lane, following the excavation of two skulls on March 4 during...