Rail News

Transport agency Trafikvervet has urged the Swedish government to consider a new freight link between Älmhult and Karlshamn in the country's next national transport plan. A new study by Trafikverket into the Sydostlänken line has shown the economic benefits that a...

The UK's Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a competition to find a new private-sector operator for the East Coast mainline. Initial documents have been published detailing the government's aspirations and expectations for the new operator, which would take over...

Tata Steel has cut the ribbon on a new €12 million heat-treatment facility in France which will be used in the production of new harder-wearing 108-metre rail. The site, which uses an induction furnace to heat the rails to 950...

Josie Borg wins Rail Manager of the Year London Underground’s Josie Borg has won this year’s Rail Manager of the Year Award at the rail industry’s national RailStaff Awards 2013. Josie looks after a team of more than 140 staff round...

Serco is to continue to operate the Dubai Metro until 2019 after being awarded a contract extension worth around £355 million. The agreement, which was signed today (October 24) between Serco and the Dubai Government Roads and Transport Authority (RTA),...

The organisation leading the construction of the world's longest immersed rail and road tunnel between Germany and Denmark have confirmed plans to launch two major tenders by the end of the year. The Fehmarnbelt fixed link is a planned 19...

New York's subway operator MTA has released a video showing the ongoing repair work being carried out on the Hurricane Sandy-damaged Montague Tubes tunnels. "The scope of work for the Montague Tubes is extensive, amounting to a near rebuilding of...

Queensland Rail has announced a considerable 'overhaul' of its timetable which will add more than 200 extra daily services from 2014. More trains will mean extra peak Gold Coast services, more peak Shorncliffe services and a 50 per cent increase...

DB Regio has been awarded a 12-year contract to operate trains in Germany's Kahlgrund region. DB will take over from Hessesche Landesbahn, which has run services between Schöllkrippen-Hanau for the last decade, in December 2015. The announcement was made this week...

Waterloo International has partially reopened to passenger traffic for the first time in six years. Under an agreement with the Department for Transport (DfT), South West Trains can now use the station's Platform 20 to relieve congestion at peak times...