Category: TRANSPORT

ITALIAN Rail Network (RFI) has issued tenders worth a total of €390m to undertake improvements to stations across Italy. Divided into 10 lots, the works […]

THE attempt by investor group Ancora Holdings to take control of US Class 1 freight railway Norfolk Southern (NS) ended in failure on May 9 […]

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager has signed a letter of intent to work with its British counterpart Network Rail (NR) and share best practice in areas including […]

THE first of a new fleet of 18 Ivolga 4.0 EMUs built by Transmashholding (TMH) entered service on Line 4 of the Moscow Central Diameters […]

THE next 7.1km section of Cairo Metro’s Line 3 will open on May 15. Line 3C runs between Giza Mohandessin and Cairo University, serving five […]

GERMANY’S administrative court ruled on May 7 that German Rail (DB) is solely liable for cost overruns on the €11.45bn Stuttgart 21 project. The scheme […]

SPORVEIEN, Oslo’s public transport operator, has agreed a deal with CAF for 20 new M4000 metro trains. The base contract, which includes spare parts, is […]

DALLAS Area Rapid Transit (Dart) is to start test running this month of its eight new Stadler DMUs. They are due to enter service in […]

LONG-standing plans to build a rail tunnel beneath the Strait of Gibraltar to connect Spain with Morocco have been revived. According to the Spanish news […]

VIETNAM National Railways (VNR) subsidiaries Hanoi Railways and Saigon Railways are to merge later this year. The newly formed Vietnam Railway Transport (VRT), a joint […]