Rail Projects

Contractors delivering the renewed Arnhem passenger rail terminal in the Netherlands have held a topping out ceremony to mark another significant milestone in the project. Described as one of the largest development projects in the city for 70 years, the...

Megatatuzão, one of the 1,500-tonne TBMs constructing São Paulo's Line 5 extension, has broken through into the Moema station box. The breakthrough marks the end of the first 483-metre drive from the Bandeirantes tunnel portal to Moema where it will...

UK Rail Minister Stephen Hammond has unveiled a full-scale mockup of one of the new fleet of Thameslink trains. Stakeholders and members of the press were given a first look at the new electric trains during an event at London's...

Network Rail has awarded alliancing contracts with Costain and Morgan Sindall to plan the delivery of the £650m Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP). The £5 million agreement will see Network Rail  working with the companies over the next five months to...

Political parties in Denmark have agreed to implement a new funding model which will generate €3.82 billion over the next 10 years to fund a programme of massive upgrades to the country's rail infrastructure. The scheme, known as Togfonden DK,...

Rolling stock manufacturers around the world are being asked to design a new high-speed train for the USA. Amtrak and the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) have issued a joint request to see if it is possible to develop an...

A new report has said that Crossrail is 'on course' to deliver on its financial pledges and demonstrate 'value for money' for taxpayers. In the most recent of studies into the £14.8 billion scheme, the National Audit Office has said...

The installation of 4,400 solar panels has been completed on the roof of Blackfriars station, marking another milestone in the delivery of the £6.5 billion Thameslink Programme. Described by Network Rail as the world's largest solar bridge, Blackfriars' new photovoltaic...

Three groups, who took their opposition to HS2 as far as the Supreme Court, have all lost their cases. HS2 Action Alliance Ltd, Heathrow Hub Ltd and Hillingdon London Borough Council appeared before a panel of seven judges between October...

France's Public Establishment of Railway Safety (EPSF) has lifted a suspension on operating Alstom Dualis tram-trains allowing the planned opening of a new system linking Nantes and Chateaubriand to go ahead. EPSF had withdrawn the vehicle's license following the derailment...