Rail News

First TransPennine Express' (FTPE) fleet of nine Class 170 Turbostar trains are to be cascaded to another operator at the end of the current franchise. Leasing company Porterbrook has offered the Class 170 Turbostar units to Chiltern Railways when its...

Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has unveiled plans to introduce more than 80 new trains onto its rail network over the next few years. From 2014, 41 new trains will be added to the North-South East-West Lines’ (NSEWL), 18 to...

A joint venture between Carillion and Buckingham Group Contracting is to deliver an £87 million project to create a new rail route between London Marylebone and Oxford. The new Chiltern Railways route will become the first new railway line built...

Thales is to install modern signalling and traffic management systems on a 125-kilometre stretch of railway in Poland. An ETCS Level 2 signalling system, ERTMS and a GSM-R communications system will be fitted on one of Poland's main line routes...

Škoda has won a contract to supply the traction motors for 40 new metro trains being built for the Chinese city of Suzhou. The new trains, which are being manufacture by CSR Nanjing Puzhen, will go into operation on Suzhou's...

An FCC-led consortium has won a €506 million contract to build a section of the Doha Metro Red Line. The contract, which was awarded by the Qatar Railways Company, is FCC's first major project in the Arab Emirates and the company's...

Spain paused yesterday (March 11) to mourn those who were killed during a terrorist attack on Madrid's rail network a decade ago. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Madrid Bombings which killed 191 people and injured 1,800 more. On...

Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CSR Sifang has built its first ForCity tram after purchasing the license from Škoda Transportation. A prototype vehicle is now ready to be presented to potential customers across China, Škoda has said. CSR Sifang purchased a 10-year...

Industry leaders have been paying tribute to RMT union leader Bob Crow who died suddenly in the early hours of this morning at the age of 52. RMT confirmed the death of its general secretary in a short statement on...

CAF has agreed an order for up to 124 new low-floor trams for the city of Budapest. With funding from the European Union, the Spanish manufacturer will build 37 Urbos trams for operator BKK, with an option for an additional...