UK: As part of its exploration of future options for its locomotive fleet, DB Cargo UK has trialled the use of a Stadler ...

UK: Network Rail has begun preliminary market engagement for a framework contract for a planned programme of 25 kV 50 Hz electrification in Scotland, as the first works are getting underway for the ...

USA: Following a legal battle over access to federal funding, project promoter Gateway Development Commission says it is hopeful that work can quickly resume on the trans-Hudson rail tunnel it is ...

NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail has appointed Haskoning and Arcadis to support planning for a pilot deployment of ERTMS.

After DB cancelled plans for a partial opening later this year and commissioned a further review of the chequered project, the Stuttgart 21 remodelling programme may not deliver its intended benefits ...

GERMANY: Rail infrastructure contractor Spitzke is expanding its track maintenance machine fleet through a large-scale order ...

UK: The creation of Great British Railways provides a 'golden opportunity' to take 'a radical new approach' to tackle the boom and bust investment cycles, according to House of Commons Transport ...

UK: The House of Commons Transport Committee has called for the government to provide more detail about how the rail industry ...

USA: CSX has awarded Wabtec a $670m contract to supply 100 Evolution Series locomotives, modernise 50 existing locos and provide a suite of digital services.

UK: Long-distance passenger train operator CrossCountry has unveiled the first of its 70 Voyager inter-city diesel-electric multiple-units which are being refurbished by Alstom in a £75·1m programme ...

CANADA: Toronto's Line 5 Eglinton light rail route has opened with a day of free travel but without public ceremony.