Rail News

The first new Eurostar trains, being manufactured by Siemens in Germany, are already largely complete and testing is well underway. It was in October 2010 that Eurostar announced that it had selected Siemens to build 10 new trains which would be designated Eurostar e320. The announcement was a bit of a surprise to those who [...]

PESA has unveiled DART - the manufacturers new long-distance train design. The EMU concept has been produced as part of a bid compiled by PESA for the supply of 20 new trains to Polish operator PKP InterCity. "These vehicles are prepared...

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has set out the final draft of its proposals for rail funding and performance over the next five years. The industry regulator has scaled back its original savings target of £2 billion for Network...

Brazil's first monorail system, São Paulo's Silver Line, has been publicly unveiled to city and state officials. The 27-kilometre automated line, which will be completed in several phases, will boast the world's largest and highest capacity monorail in the world,...

An extension of Stockholm's light rail network has opened between Alvik and Solna. The new 7-kilometre line, which includes seven new stops, opened to passengers on October 27. A section of the route features an 800-metre tunnel beneath Traneberg. Trams will leave...

Glasgow Subway is looking at how it can use the heat from unwanted water in its tunnels to warm stations and other buildings along the network. The subway's operator Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is partnering with Glasgow Caledonian University...

A Danish-German consortium has bee awarded a €562 million civils contract to construct a series of structures along Denmark's  Copenhagen-Ringsted line. Eriksson and Züblin will deliver 18 kilometres of earthworks, construct 20 new bridges and 19 wildlife crossings along the...

India has established a new body to lead the development of high-speed rail across the country. The High Speed Rail Corporation (HSRC), which was launched today at a railways event in New Delhi, will oversee the delivery of planned high-speed...

HS2 is still the best option for meeting the UK's rail capacity needs, that is the message coming out of the Department for Transport. Publishing its new strategic business case for Britain's planned high-speed line, the DfT suggested that any...

MPs have said they are 'sceptical' that Thameslink can be delivered to the revised 2018 deadline following a string of delays. A new report compiled by the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted a number of concerns with the programme, believing...