Railway

Frankfurt S-Bahn tunnel resignalling completed

A three-year €۱۰۰m project to resignal the heavily-used S-Bahn tunnel under central Frankfurt was completed when the…

Thai government approves ۳۲۳ km railway project

Funding of ۸۵·۳bn baht for the construction of a ۳۲۳ km railway from Den Chai in northern Thailand to Chiang Rai and…

Tehran-Bandar Abbas railway project to be electrified, costing $۳bn

Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi said that Tehran-Bandar Abbas railway project would be…

Safety tracking technologies

CPC TRACKING: Among a range of monitoring and tracking technologies being promoted at InnoTrans by Danish firm CPC…

Alstom focuses on sustainability and digitalisation at InnoTrans ۲۰۱۸

Innovations to help drive the global transition to more sustainable transport and support digitalisation will be…

SNCF orders ۳۶ additional Francilien trains for Paris network

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has placed an order with Bombardier Transportation for ۳۶ Francilien trains (۲۷۰ cars)…

ScotRail announces mobile ticketing pilot

ScotRail is to launch a mobile ticketing pilot scheme which will enable passengers to buy, store and use tickets…

Morocco’s Al Boraq high speed service to launch by year end

Africa’s first high speed railway is now expected to open for traffic by the end of the year as commissioning trials…

Alstom receives an SNCF order for ۱۰۰ next-generation very high speed trains

The Board of Directors of SNCF Mobilités has approved a firm order for ۱۰۰ next-generation Avelia Horizon very high…

Eurasian freight co-operation agreement

An agreement for co-operation between logistics hubs to promote the development of Eurasian rail freight has been…