UK: The National Audit Office has made an assessment of the Depatment for Transport's progress in establishing the Northern Powerhouse Rail programme.

Poland is launching the largest railway expansion programme in its history through the Port Polska initiative, a transformative effort to reshape national mobility and strengthen connections between ...

UZBEKISTAN: The Silkway Central Asia joint venture has awarded China Railway Construction Engineering Group a turnkey contract to design, build and equip a rail-served multi-purpose logistics centre ...

UK: The fuel cell-powered HydroShunter prototype developed by Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions has made its first public run under hydrogen power at the Severn Valley Railway.

ITALY: Roma operator ATAC has signed a contract with CAF for the supply of 20 more trams, while the first car from an earlier order arrived in the capital on March 6.

SWEDEN: Göteborg's tram operator undertook 'ecodriving' trials during December and January which demonstrated average savings of 1·2 kWh/km.

UK: Maritime Transport has officially opened the Strategic Rail Freight Interchange at SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton, its ninth rail freight terminal.

EUROPE: The difficulty in arranging short term paths for cross-border rail traffic is putting rail's role in military ...

ITALY: Torino metro project promoter Infra.TO has awarded Hitachi Rail a contract to design and supply driverless trains and signalling systems for the future metro Line 2.

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AUSTRIA: ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has undertaken endurance testing with its digital automatic coupler demonstrator train in winter conditions including temperatures down to -15°C, freezing rain and fresh ...

SLOVENIA: Rail infrastructure manager SŽ-Infrastruktura has awarded Tesmec Rail two contracts totalling €71m for the supply ...