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, ...

The first phase will focus on replacing the Class 150, 155, and 156 trains. Credit: Northern Rail. British train operating company Northern Trains has announced plans for a fleet upgrade, potentially ...

With this acquisition, CCRL will become known as Cleveland & Cuyahoga Railway. Credit: Steve Jones OmniTRAX has agreed to buy Cleveland Commercial Railroad (CCRL) and its wholly owned subsidiary ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aecom JV will deliver programme management support for the California High-Speed Rail programme in the US. Credit.Holger Schué from Pixabay. An Aecom-led joint venture (JV) has received a contract for ...

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.

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 ...

The new trains will feature independently rotating wheelsets for increased capacity and can be equipped with natural tilting and automatic gauge-changing systems. Credit: Talgo. FlixTrain has arranged ...

At the start of September, Network Rail announced the roll-out of eight forerunners of its upcoming fleet of mobile maintenance trains (MMTs), a brand new concept that promises to “revolutionise ...