UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has released a standard promoting the wider use of Coordinated Universal Time and the ...

EUROPE: The 'landmark' FP2-MORANE-2 research project has been launched to test Future Railway Mobile Communication System ...

Dutch rail freight software company RailCube has acquired Spark TS, a US-based rail industry compliance, safety and drug & ...

POLAND: The first of 30 Moderus Gamma LF 04 AC BD trams that operator MPK Poznań's in-house manufacturer Modertrans is ...

UK: Northern has taken delivery of a prototype of the semi-immersive static cab simulators it has ordered as part of a 'major ...

FRANCE: Incumbent SNCF Voyageurs has beaten Spain's RENFE and high speed start-up Le Train to win the government's first tendered contract for the operation of Intercités services on the conventional ...

UK: High speed line project promoter HS2 Ltd has launched its seventh Innovation Accelerator programme, with six SMEs selected to develop ideas for automating asset management, maximising site ...

USA: Infrastructure investor Ancala has launched short line rail business Phoenix Rail, with its first deal being the ...

In the 2000s the capital of Colombia was famous for its TransMilenio bus rapid transit network, but as that became overcrowded, authorities made a decision to develop metro and tram-train routes, ...

POLAND: An agreement has been signed for Warszawa to receive 2bn złoty of co-financing from the EU for the completion of ...

INDIA: Integral Coach Factory in Chennai has awarded Alstom a contract to supply Mitrac traction components and other ...

SPAIN: Responsibility for RENFE suburban rail services around Bilbao and San Sebastián was transferred from the national ...