SWITZERLAND: More than 300 guests from the rail industry, politics, business and tourism attended opening celebrations held ...

KENYA: Consultancy Systra has undertaken a study into the potential use of battery-powered trains on commuter services ...

UK: A Class 60 diesel locomotive is to be converted to a modern form of steam power as a potential alternative to ...

UK: Industry association Rail Forum has published an 'Unleashing the potential of rail: an enabler of economic prosperity' ...

UK: The Campaign for Better Transport charity has published a general election manifesto setting out its transport asks for ...

CHINA: The South Ring Section of the Guangzhou - Foshan circular railway opened on May 26, running from Panyu (Guangzhou Nan) ...

SECURITY: Sensonic has added CCTV functionality to its optic fibre based Distributed Acoustic Sensing security system, ...

FRANCE: High speed rail start-up Proxima has announced a €1bn plan backed by investor Antin Infrastructure Partners to ...

USA: Virginia Passenger Rail Authority is in preliminary discussions with Norfolk Southern for the purchase of the route used ...

USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has produced three reports into the safety and performance of trains more than 7 500 ...

Trains has abandoned its ambitious plan to develop a network of premium overnight trains offering hotel-standard ...

ROMANIA: Railway reform authority ARF has confirmed Pesa Bydgoszcz as the winner of a contract to supply 20 electric multiple ...