This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. In June Delhi Metro Rail Corp officially commenced work at Central Secretariat for the 9.9 km Central Vista Corridor extension of ...
CANADA: Transport Canada is implementing changes to strengthen training and certification standards in the federally regulated rail sector. The aim is to reduce rail incidents and workplace injuries.
GERMANY: Responding to a complaint lodged by Italo seeking guaranteed access to the German rail network, federal networks agency Bundesnetzagentur has called for changes to DB InfraGO’s train path ...
While the recent ‘reset’ of Britain’s High Speed 2 is a clear reflection of a mismanaged programme, Railway Gazette International‘s Executive Editor Nick Kingsley argues that the real lesson lies in ...
USA: British manufacturer Semmco Life Protection Systems has supplied Emergency Escape Breathing Devices for use by US freight railway staff. As a result of previous accidents, the Federal Railroad ...
FRANCE: Hitachi Rail, Ferrocampus and the Trains & Traction heritage railway association have showcased what they hope will be a cost-effective railway signalling assembly in real-world conditions in ...
BRAZIL: A short first phase of Belo Horizonte metro Line 2 opened on July 3, when services began operating on the 1.6 km from Amazonas to Nova Suíça where there is an interchange with Line 1. Trains ...
DENMARK: København metro authority Metroselskabet has called two tenders with a combined value of €1.35bn for the construction of the first phase of Line M5. The standalone Line M5 will serve existing ...
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway project in New York City, marking the latest stage in the long-running programme to extend the metro ...
Railway Gazette International looks at the current state of progress to create Great British Railways as the public sector body which will run the national rail network. December 9 saw a key milestone ...
Despite challenging weather conditions and the uncertainties posed by US tariffs, Canadian National is benefiting from a strong grain harvest and its recent investment in capacity expansion. Chris ...
GREECE: CAF has completed refurbishment work on the first of 14 MAN/Siemens trainsets dating from 1983-85 which are being modernised for continued use on Athens metro Line 1. The €70m contract awarded ...