Rail News

Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded contracts worth S$1.04 billion for the construction of three new Thomson Line stations and the Mandai maintenance depot. The contracts cover the construction of the Woodlands, Lentor and Mayflower stations, as well as...

Traffic has returned to Edinburgh's West End, completing another milestone toward the opening of the new tram network next year. This weekend not only marked the end of work at Shandwick Place, it signalled the end of civils and engineering...

Network Rail has agreed a five-year deal which will see Tata Steel's site in Scunthorpe manufacturer 95 per cent of Britain's new rails. Tata Steel will supply around 140,000 tonnes of rail each year under the agreement, which also includes...

Russia's Ministry of Transport has ordered initial studies to be conducted into upgrading the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur railways. With freight traffic levels expected to grow substantially over the next few years, the Russian government has set out plans to look...

Chiltern Railways is to trial Boxing Day services between Bicester and London, becoming the latest operator hoping to meet the demand set by sales' shoppers. Trains will travel from Bicester North and London Marylebone, calling at Haddenham and Thame Parkway,...

Zürich's Limmattalbahn light rail project has received approval from the Swiss federal government. The new 13.4 kilometre line will serve the city suburbs of Alstetten, Dietikon and Spreitenbach from 2019, according to project leaders. The CHF 715 million light rail system...

The European Commission has published a map detailing the nine key transport corridors that it believes will radically improve the current "patchwork" of road and rail links. Announcing the latest development, the EU said it would triple the transport budget...

The first of six new maritime-inspired trams has been handed over to public transport operators in Marseille. Bombardier is building six new low-floor Flexity Outlook trams for the city off the back of an earlier order for 26 vehicles in...

Bombardier has unveiled a new tram safety system that utilizes 3D sensors to warn drivers about potential hazards. From the end of 2014, Bombardier's entire portfolio of light rail vehicles will offer the new system which is currently being trialled...

A new Crossrail station at Abbey Wood has been given the green light from local planning authorities. The London Borough of Bexley and the Royal Borough of Greenwich approved plans for a new two-floor station, which will become the terminus...