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

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

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

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

CANADA: The government of Ontario has awarded contracts for infrastructure works to enable the reinstatement of Ontario ...

SOUTH KOREA: Minister of Land, Infrastructure & Transport Park Sang-woo has engaged with businesses to explore options to use ...

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

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

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

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

ESTONIA: The government has formally launched a two-stage process to privatise national rail freight operator Operail. The ...

UK: A Liverpool - Manchester Railway Board has been launched by the two cities' metro mayors and other stakeholders to lead ...