Railway

East Japan Railway studies driverless operation

East Japan Railway Co has set up a team to develop plans for driverless operation, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper…

Brazil&#۰۳۹;s North-South Railway set for November auction

BRAZIL’s federal government has decided to implement all of the recommendations made by the Court of Auditors of the…

Sydney metro high-speed testing underway

HIGH-SPEED testing of Alstom Metropolis trains has begun on the first phase of the Sydney metro network, with trains…

First phase of San Francisco Transbay Center opens

THE first phase of San Francisco’s $US ۲.۲۶bn Transbay Salesforce Transit Center, which will connect the Californian…

Wales & Borders train and tram-train contract signed

THE KeolisAmey joint venture, which won a ۱۵-year contract in May to operate the Wales & Borders franchise and develop…

Station modernisation programme agreed

Framework agreements for the construction of seven new stations and the modernisation of ۴۱ others over the next seven…

Stadler delivers first Worbla EMU for Bern Line S۷

THE first of ۱۴ Stadler Rail metre-gauge EMUs for Bern Solothurn Regional Transport (RBS) arrived at the operator’s…

Delhi opens metro Pink Line extension

THE Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus - Lajpat Nagar section of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line was opened on August ۶, expanding…

High-capacity container wagons ordered for Poland – Russia route

United Wagon Co has won an international tender to supply Polish company Laude Smart Intermodal with ۲۰۰ flat wagons…

Vossloh locomotives on show at InnoTrans ۲۰۱۸

An ‘advanced’ version of the Type DE۱۸ four-axle diesel locomotive and an example of the three-axle Type G۶ locomotive…