Rail Projects

The Australian government has approved a first $15.5 million tranche of funding for the roll out of the Advanced Train Management System (ATMS). Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), which manages Australia's national rail infrastructure, is currently trialling ATMS on two locomotives...

Preparatory works are set to begin on a planned high-speed railway between Germany and the Czech Republic. A Mott MacDonald/Sudop Praha A.S. joint venture has been awarded a contract to carry out geotechnical and environmental surveys for the proposed railway, which...

GE Transportation has been awarded the signalling contract for a new 235-mile rail corridor between Miami and Orlando. All Aboard Florida, which will open in 2016, will be the first privately owned and operated passenger railway in the USA. The signalling system...

Auckland Transport has awarded contracts to two consortia to carry out preliminary works for the $2.86 billion City Rail Link (CRL). The $3 million contracts represent the first phase of construction in the Downtown area. A Downer NZ and Soletanche Bachy JV will complete...

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Princess Wencheng has begun her tunnelling effort on Hong Kong's Shatin to Central Link. The TBM was launched from the To Kwa Wan Station site shaft to begin a 1.6-kilometre drive to Ho Man Tin Station - the Kowloon...

How do you drill a rail tunnel through lava? No, it’s not a metaphor or an idea concocted by some sociopathic Bond villain, it’s a genuine challenge that engineers delivering a new metro system in the Saudi Arabian city of Madinah will have to face. Madinah has a growing population. Within...

Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne has praised railway staff who worked over Easter. ‘Our 14,000-strong army was determined to make sure everything went to plan this weekend and I’m proud to say it did,’ says Carne in a heartfelt statement. ‘I want to personally thank each one of you...

Thales is to design and manufacture the signalling system for Taiwan's second tram system, the Danhai Light Rail Transit. The €17 million contract includes the construction of a new Operational Control Centre (OCC). The solution will be developed with China Steel Corp...

MTR has completed tunnelling on the drill-and-blast section of the high-speed Express Rail Link (XRL) in Hong Kong. Lining and track-laying is now underway between Ngau Tam Mei and Tai Kong Po. The 2.6-kilometre tunnel is the final section of drill-and-blast...

Phase two of the LGV Est high-speed railway in France has been completed, cutting journey times between Paris and Strasbourg. On March 31, the final weld was made on the second stage of the line between Baudrecourt and Vendenheim. The first 300-kilometre...