Rail Projects

Cross Yarra Partnership, a consortium which includes Lendlease Engineering, John Holland, Bouygues Construction and Capella Capital, is to design and build Melbourne's Metro Tunnel.

HS2 has awarded construction contracts worth £6.6 billion for the first phase of the high-speed line between London and Birmingham. Four of the nine contractors which bid for the seven construction packages have been successful. A breakdown of the winning bidders...

HS2 has named the companies in the running for the project's station design and redevelopment contracts. Arup, Mott MacDonald, WSP, Arcadis and a Jacobs/BuroHappold/Idom joint venture have been shortlist for the contract to produce the detailed designs for the redesign...

Phase Two of MRT's Sungai Buloh–Kajang (SBK) line is ready for its grand launch on Monday, July 17 in Malaysia. The opening completes the 51km-long SBK line meaning commuters can now reach the centre of Kuala Lumpur from the towns of...

United Wagon Company's tank container division, Unicon 1520, has signed a contract with Uralchem-Trans to transport chemicals in Russia and Eastern Europe - the company's first deal since its inception in April. United Wagon Company said that Unicon's container fleet...

The inter-county service on Kenya's new Mombassa to Nairobi standard gauge railway was due to be running weeks after the opening of the inter-city service in May. Delays in the arrival of key staff from operator China Road and Bridge Corporation...

Transport for London (TfL) has said it will have to order four extra Elizabeth line trains as it looks to run more services on the line than initially planned. The improved service frequency has been announced following collaboration with the Department...

Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF will open a train production plant in South Wales next year, the company has announced. Around 300 jobs will be created at the site near Newport when it opens in the autumn. Previously, the company has supplied rolling...

Deutsche Bahn subsidiary Arriva has retained its contract to run the 'Northern lines' in the Netherlands until 2035. The €1.6 billion deal covers cross-border rail routes linking the provinces of Groningen and Fryslân with Lower Saxony, Germany. Eighteen new trains will be introduced...

FS Group and Iranian Railways have signed an agreement to develop the Middle Eastern country's high-speed network. The deal covers scientific cooperation and staff training and is part of an initial framework contract in 2016 for the development of the...