4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (353+ words) International Railway Journal Nominations open for IRJ's Women in Rail Award 2026 EC clears Lisbon light rail bid of distortive foreign subsidies Velvet unveils first completed high-speed train FRENCH high-speed new entrant Velvet has unveiled the first of 12 Avelia Horizon double-deck…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (11+ words) Rail sector feels the heat of Third Gulf War'International Railway Journal...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (197+ words) SIEMENS Mobility officially opened its new manufacturing facility in Lexington, North Carolina, on April 3. Built at a cost of $US 220m, the new plant comprises 10 buildings across an 80ha site and will initially produce Venture coaches for the fleet of 83 push-pull Airo…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago  (148+ words) PAKISTAN's Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided, during a meeting chaired by CDA chairman and Islamabad chief commissioner, Muhammad Ali Randhawa, to conduct a feasibility study to build two light rail lines in the capital Islamabad. The study will be…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (210+ words) International Railway Journal Mexico awards $US 220m ETCS contract MEXICAN government body Attrapi has awarded a joint venture of Sonda and Siemens Mobility a Pesos 3. 84bn ($US 220m) four-year contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling for the Mexico City - Quer'taro - Irapuato passenger line....

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (180+ words) COSTA Rica and Panama have signed a memorandum of understanding (Mo U) to coordinate development of a cross-border rail link, marking a further step towards integrating the proposed Panama City - David - Paso Canoas line with a wider Central American network. Work…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (387+ words) ISRAEL's NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System has officially launched the $US 50bn project to build a 150km three-line metro in Tel Aviv by hosting a three-day event for potential bidders which started on February 23. NTA says the conference was attended by more…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (340+ words) THE Gateway Development Commission (GDC) announced on February 24 that construction work will resume this week on the Hudson Tunnel Project, the programme it is delivering to build a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey. Work was suspended…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (289+ words) ARGENTINA has extended its national railway emergency for a further two years, maintaining special administrative and financial powers aimed at consolidating operational safety improvements across the national network. The extension was formalised by a government decree prolonging the emergency first…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (584+ words) NORWAY's state-owned rolling stock leasing company Norske Tog has summoned senior management from Alstom to a meeting in Oslo on March 2, after the manufacturer suspended local testing of the type N05 EMU that it is supplying due to bogie faults detected…...