The first phase will focus on replacing the Class 150, 155, and 156 trains. Credit: Northern Rail. British train operating company Northern Trains has announced plans for a fleet upgrade, potentially ...

Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil contracts with a combined value of $392.51m (S$526m) for the construction of four Jurong Region Line (JRL) stations and associated ...

The World Trade Center Transportation Hub was partly opened to the public in March 2016, 12 years after it was initially proposed. Dubbed “the world's most expensive train station” for its $4bn price ...

The new units for Metro Santiago will be fully automated, with all functions managed from a central control centre. Credit: CAF. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has secured contracts ...

Australian freight rail transport firm Aurizon has concluded its A$2.35bn ($1.75bn) deal to purchase rail freight operator company One Rail Australia (ORA). The deal covers two businesses, one being ...

The decision advances the 4.1-mile light rail extension approved by voters in 2016 under the Sound Transit 3 (ST3) plan. Credit: Eric Broder Van Dyke/Shutterstock The US Department of Transportation’s ...

The new trains will enter service on the Vilnius–Klaipėda, Vilnius–Varėna–Marcinkonys, and Kaunas–Šiauliai routes from 2026 onward. Credit: © 2025 Stadler ...

German multinational Siemens Mobility has launched a new cloud-based system for signalling across mainline and metro rail systems. Signalling X is an extension of the other “X” portfolio products ...

Railroad Friction Products manufactures COBRA® high-friction and low-friction composition brake shoes, specialty shoes, and disc brake linings for freight, locomotive and transit vehicles. Railroad ...

The new fleet aims to minimise rail travel’s environmental impact while connecting communities across Canada. Credit: Jacqui Martin/Shutterstock. VIA Rail Canada has launched a Request for ...

In 2016, the EU brought into effect the Fourth Railway Package, a programme of changes to rail regulations across the EU. The package, which includes reforms in standards and authorisation for rolling ...

Europe has a long history of high-speed trains, being an early adopter after the first high-speed rail system, the Tokaido Shinkansen, began operations in Japan. Since France’s TGV network began ...