IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann has confirmed that battery problems on the bi-mode multiple-units being manufactured by Alstom as ...

UK: ScotRail has formally started the process of procuring a fleet of electric and battery-electric suburban multiple-units ...

UK: Dave Calfe has been elected as General Secretary of train drivers' union ASLEF, succeeding Mick Whelan who is stepping ...

EUROPE: The European Commission has unveiled a plan to accelerate the development of high speed rail, saying the creation of ...

BRAZIL: Mining company Vale and locomotive supplier Wabtec have signed an agreement to test the use of ethanol as an ...

USA: Washington's District Department of Transportation has confirmed the planned closure date for the DC Streetcar service.

Occupying part of the historic Crewe Works site, the expanded facilities opened on October 28 include three new heating, ...

BELARUS: Work has begun to develop a rail link from Minsk’s main station to the National Airport. This will use the existing ...

THAILAND: Nokia is working with Singapore's ST Engineering and local partner First One Systems to deploy an IP/MPLS-based ...

IRELAND: CAF has launched a legal challenge over the award to Stadler of a €650m contract to supply trains for the ...

USA: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles rail operator Pacific Harbor Line has entered into a development agreement with ...

UK: Rail Business UK looks at what the government's Railways Bill will do, how Great British Railways will be established and ...