Category: TRANSPORT

RECONSTRUCTION of the 75km line linking Afghanistan and Uzbekistan began on February 21, according to the Bakhtar news agency. Built more than a decade ago, […]

THE US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced the recipients of grants worth a total of $US 631m under the second round of its Rail […]

THE final section of Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) was completed on February 21. The installation of track and rail infrastructure over the remaining 3.4 […]

CHICAGO commuter operator Metra has signed a contract with Stadler for the supply of up to 16 battery trains, placing an initial order for eight […]

PT KAI, the state railway of Indonesia, has taken on loans totalling $US 448m from China Development Bank (CDB) to help pay for a cost […]

ANCORA Holdings, an Ohio-based investor group, has launched a formal bid to take over Norfolk Southern (NS), which says is now the worst-performing of the […]

MRS Logistics, Brazil, has awarded Wabtec a contract worth around Reais 500m ($US 101.5m) for 30 new Evolution series diesel-electric locomotives. Delivery is scheduled to […]

AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has completed a $A 442m ($US 289m) project to improve access for rail freight to Port Botany in Sydney. The […]

WORK is due to begin later this year on a €900m project to improve rail access from the north to the French city of Toulouse, […]