EUROPE: The European Commission has unveiled a plan to accelerate the development of high speed rail, saying the creation of ...

BRAZIL: Mining company Vale and locomotive supplier Wabtec have signed an agreement to test the use of ethanol as an ...

Occupying part of the historic Crewe Works site, the expanded facilities opened on October 28 include three new heating, ...

BELARUS: Work has begun to develop a rail link from Minsk’s main station to the National Airport. This will use the existing ...

USA: Washington's District Department of Transportation has confirmed the planned closure date for the DC Streetcar service.

THAILAND: Nokia is working with Singapore's ST Engineering and local partner First One Systems to deploy an IP/MPLS-based ...

IRELAND: CAF has launched a legal challenge over the award to Stadler of a €650m contract to supply trains for the ...

UK: Rail Business UK looks at what the government's Railways Bill will do, how Great British Railways will be established and ...

UK: Rail Business UK provides a round-up of rail industry stakeholders' comments on the government's Railway Bill.

USA: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles rail operator Pacific Harbor Line has entered into a development agreement with ...

SWITZERLAND: Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera has awarded Stadler a contract to equip the Montreux - Les Rochers-de-Naye ...

HUNGARY: The government has announced plans to let a concession to build a 27 km greenfield railway to link Budapest's Liszt ...