Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp is investing in technology to manage surging demand while it awaits the arrival of more trains.

GERMANY: ForCity Plus 47T trams supplied by Škoda Group officially entered passenger service in Cottbus on August 15.

USA: Amtrak’s twice-daily Mardi Gras Service between Mobile and New Orleans launched on August 18, after an inaugural train ran two days before.

FINLAND: Rolling stock owning company Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto has been created to facilitate government plans to tender the operation of publicly-funded passenger rail services.

UK: Great Western Railway has set a world record for the furthest distance travelled by a battery-electric train on a single ...

POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded GRAW a contract to supply inspection vehicles and software that would ...

GERMANY: Non-destructive test company Waygate Technologies has launched a fully automated ultrasonic wheelset testing system.

POLAND: City transport operator MPK Kraków has awarded Pesa Bydgoszcz a firm contract to supply 30 Twist 3.0 trams, which ...

USA: The Northstar commuter rail service from Big Lake into Minneapolis is to be replaced by buses after riders failed to ...

UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail says a strengthening and waterproofing process used on the 175-year old Blackheath ...

UK: Spencer Group been selected to construct a replacement station at Waterbeach, ahead of housing developments which would ...

AFRICA: Construction of a railway from Uvinza in Tanzania to Musongati in Burundi has been officially launched by President ...