EUROPE: The European Parliament has given its final approval to the Regulation on the Use of Railway Infrastructure Capacity in the Single European Railway Area. This aims to increase rail’s share of ...

SWITZERLAND: SBB has ‘categorically rejected’ allegations that it ignored ‘unmistakable warning signs’ during the 2023 Gotthard Base Tunnel freight derailment. The rebuttal comes as the national rail ...

KAZAKHSTAN: President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was issued ticket number 001 when he travelled from the airport to Ulttyk Museum to inaugurate Astana Light Rail Transit Line 1 on May 16. Tokayev said the ...

UK: The government has announced further details of the ‘reset’ of the High Speed 2 project, with revised costs and timeframes for the completion of the London – Birmingham line as well as a lower ...

This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. Ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Mexico City’s sole light rail line serving the southern suburbs has been upgraded as part of a 2·4bn ...

NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail, the Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management and the provinces of Friesland and Groningen are undertaking a detailed study into the best ...

INDIA: The government of the state of Telangana has signed an agreement to buy Hyderabad metro PPP concessionaire L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd from Larsen & Toubro. This will bring the management of ...

USA: Mid-market utility, power and transport investor Basalt Infrastructure Partners has agreed to acquire track maintenance plant and road-rail vehicle leasing company RELAM from Paceline Equity ...

IRELAND: Transport Infrastructure Ireland has launched the tendering process for the M500 contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the planned MetroLink automated metro line. It will ...

CANADA: Canadian Pacific Railway has announced record revenue of C$7·79bn for 2019, a 7% year-on-year increase. Diluted earnings per share increased 29% to a record C$17·52. The operating ratio was 59 ...

Automation: Delivering low-cost obstacle detection for København S-Bane National operator DSB is working on a pioneering programme to equip København’s S-bane for fully automated operation without ...

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