high speed rail

High speed train start-up Proxima announces €۱bn launch plan

High speed rail start-up Proxima has announced a €۱bn plan backed by investor Antin Infrastructure Partners to acquire…

Spain opens new high-speed rail section

SPAIN inaugurated a ۱۱۰km section of the Madrid – Galicia high-speed line between Zamora and Pedralba de la Pradería…

Kuala Lumpur – Singapore cost review consultants appointed

MALAYSIA: Project promoter MyHSR Corp has appointed two consultancies to identify options for reducing the cost of the…

SNCF to advise on Czech high speed line standards

CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽDC and SNCF Mobilités have signed a KC۱۱m agreement to jointly draw up…

Consultants to optimise KL – Singapore high speed rail project

MALAYSIA: The project promoter for the Malaysian section of the planned Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed line has…

London – Bordeaux high speed rail service ‘blueprint’

EUROPE: A ‘blueprint’ for the operation of direct high speed services to and from London was presented to the Mayor of…

Bielefeld – Hannover high speed line proposed

GERMANY: Commissioner for Rail and Parliamentary Secretary of State for Transport & Digital Infrastructure Enak…

Algorithm could cut high speed rail energy use

CHINA: Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s Suzhou campus have developed an algorithm intended to…

NSW to study regional high speed rail options

AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales state government has commissioned a study of four preferred corridors for high speed…

Africa’s first high speed line inaugurated

MOROCCO: The first high speed railway in Africa was inaugurated by King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel…