SWEDEN: Finnish company Nurminen Logistics has agreed to acquire Swedish freight operator Essinge Rail, as part of its ...

FRANCE: Faced with a shortage of rolling stock ahead of the tending of contracts to operate TER regional passenger services, ...

BRAZIL: A ‘conduct adjustment’ agreement was signed in early October that resolves long-lasting disputes between state ...

JAPAN: An interim report by Yamanashi Prefecture into a proposal to build a light rail line serving Mount Fuji has raised a ...

UK: Avanti West Coast officially launched the Class 807 electric only-version of its Hitachi-built Evero trainsets into ...

AUSTRIA: Voters in the Salzburg area have rejected a proposal to build a 15 km partly underground light rail line, which will ...

UK: A programme to fit engine remote condition monitoring to Northern’s Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple-unit fleet has ...

UK: Station operators need to improve the management of passenger help points to address poor reliability, according the ...

SPAIN: On November 6 the Comunidad de Madrid authorised Metro de Madrid to award CAF a €498·2m contract to supply 40 ...

USA: Association of American Railroads subsidiary Railinc has launched a Rate & Route tool designed to help shippers more ...

KAZAKHSTAN: The city of Pavlodar is planning to acquire up to 25 energy-efficient trams with traction batteries to help renew ...

UK: Trials with an inter-city electro-diesel trainset retrofitted with a traction battery in place of one of its engines ...