Rail Projects

Ferrovial's Polish subsidiary Budimex is to work alongside KZN Rail to build a tram depot to service and maintain a new tram fleet being built for the city of Olsztyn. The 72 million złoty (€17 million) contract covers the construction...

The European Union (EU) has awarded a  €34 million grant to support construction works on a rail link in Brussels as part of a wider investment plan for a high-speed corridor linking the city with Strasbourg. Under the 2012 TEN-T...

Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe are to battle it out for inclusion on the HS2 route map, as Stoke city council submits a new report promoting the benefits of building a line through the Potteries. The council has suggested that an upgraded...

Contractor Tutor Perini has won two new contracts worth a combined $844 million to fit out a new tunnel system beneath New York. The first contract ($294 million) includes the concrete lining, interior structures and fit-out of the new tunnels...

All unmanned railway crossings in India are to be closed under a new proposal in the country's Interim Rail Budget for 2014-15. The removal of unmanned crossings is one of several new safety measures to be introduced in 2014. Around 15,000...

Enough private investment could be found to meet government targets for the construction of the £12 billion Crossrail 2 project, a new report has stated. The report, which was conducted by a taskforce in association with London First, suggests that...

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (NKM), one of the candidates hoping to become the new mayor of Paris, has presented her plans to redevelop the city's abandoned metro stations. Ahead of the municipal elections next month, NKM has released several images showing some...

Ridership projections have been upped and build costs downgraded in a new business plan for California's planned high-speed railway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The California High-Speed Rail Authority has published its Draft 2014 Business Plan after being ordered...

The Swiss public have voted in favour of introducing a new dedicated fund to finance rail infrastructure maintenance and upgrades. For the first time, Switzerland will have a reliable source of ring-fenced funding for rail projects after 62 per cent...

Slovakia's Transport Minister, John Počiatek, has released the funding needed to continue rebuilding a 19th century railway bridge in Bratislava. Počiatek has confirmed that an EU grant worth €68.9 million will be used to rebuild the Starý most bridge over...