The first units are expected to be operational by the first half of 2027. Credit: Metro de Madrid. The Community of Madrid has announced an investment of €504m ($542.7m) to acquire a new fleet of 40 ...

The popularity of driverless metro lines has grown exponentially since the first one was inaugurated in 1981, in Kobe, Japan. Metros built since have had enviable records in safety, flexibility, ...

Metra will become one of the first networks in the US to use Stadler’s BEMU trains. Credit: Stadler Chicago, Illinois’ commuter rail network Metra has ordered eight battery-electric trains as part of ...

CN anticipates this initiative to further progress hybrid locomotive technology. Credit: Svetlana123/Shutterstock. Canadian National Railway (CN) has initiated a ...

The new contracts are expected to create 3,000 jobs, mostly at the station site. Credit: High Speed Two Ltd. A joint venture between Mace and Dragados (MD JV), the construction partner for HS2’s ...

Dubbed the “Train of Hope”, the Phelophepa travels across South Africa’s railways to provide care to people in remote rural areas, including treating patients and enrolling people in education.

French railway operator SNCF has ordered that 2,000 new trains that are mistakenly too wide for many of the country’s regional platforms, at a cost of €15bn. The ...

Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC have agreed to acquire US-based railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) in a transaction valued nearly $8.4bn, including debt. Under the terms of the agreement, G&W ...

The product cuts coupling times by 25 minutes according to the manufacturer. Credit: Hubner Group. German light rail technology firm Hübner has revealed its first real-world tests of its automatic ...

With an annual ridership of 3.334 billion in 2013, a 1.25% increase from the previous year, the Tokyo Subway is the world’s busiest metro system. The 310km rapid transit network serves the Greater ...

London Underground has 270 stations spread across 11 lines. Originally opened between Paddington and Farringdon Street in 1863, the London Underground in the UK is the oldest metro in Europe and the ...

Under increasing environmental pressures, risings costs and continual over-tonnaging, the major players on the global freight market are turning to multi-modal transport systems as a cheaper, faster ...