Rail Projects

Network Rail has completed several major upgrades in the first of three August closures of the West Coast main line. Britain's busiest rail corridor reopened today (August 11) following a weekend closure to carry out signalling and track renewals between Kings...

A Züblin/HOCHTIEF joint venture has won the contract to construct a new rail tunnel beneath the city of Rastatt along the Karlsruhe-Basle line. DB Netze is managing a major upgrade of the line. The existing double-track railway will become a four-track corridor, allowing...

Chairman of Saudi Railways, Mohamed Swaiket, has signed a SAR 392 million (€78 million) contract to double track a section of the Dammam-Riyadh rail freight line. The first phase, which should be completed within the next two years, covers the...

Stockholm City Council has appointed WSP to design a new metro line connecting Odenplan and Arenastaden. The route is one of several new lines and extensions being explored by the authority. In November last year, the council said it planned to...

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced that plans for a spur connecting Crossrail to the West Coast main line are being developed by the Department for Transport (DfT). The feasibility study – conducted in-house – should be ready by the...

Network Rail has awarded Hitachi its first ETCS contract to install the European standard signalling technology on two Class 37 locomotives. Hitachi will fit the West Coast Railways locomotives for operation on the Cambrian Line - the UK testbed for ERTMS. The...

The City of San Antonio is withdrawing $32 million it had planned to invest in a new light rail project for the city, citing a lack of public support for the project. City officials have asked public transport operator VIA...

The mayor of Phoenix, Greg Stanton, helped place the first section of track of a new 5-kilometre light rail extension from Montebello to Dunlap avenues. A ceremony was held in July to celebrate the milestone. The Northwest Phoenix light rail extension was originally...

Nottingham's new Citadis trams have transported passengers around the city for the first time in preparation of a major timetable change later in the summer. Some of the new 22-strong fleet have been carrying out trial services on Lines 2...

A court in California has reversed a decision which was stalling funding for the state's planned $68 billion high-speed rail project. In November 2013, a Sacramento Superior Court judge invalidated bonds, which were approved by voters in November 2008, worth...