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2 min read 2022-07-02 13:51:00

SBB to abandon roll compensation technology on FV-Dosto fleet

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has announced it will abandon plans to use roll compensation technology (Wako) on the long-distance double-deck FV-Dosto

3 min read 2022-07-01 23:50:08

THE Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has awarded five contracts worth a total of Rs 7.5bn ($US 459.3m) for the refurbishment of rolling

2 min read 2022-06-30 16:27:53

THE European Union (EU) has announced that it will provide €5.4bn to co-fund 135 transport infrastructure projects that will form part of the

2 min read 2022-06-28 21:48:34

AMTRAK’s Southwest Chief train 4 traveling eastbound from Los Angeles to Chicago on June 27 derailed after striking a dump truck obstructing a

1 min read 2022-06-28 17:08:58

HITACHI Rail is installing a wireless system to monitor the performance of bogie and wheelset components on the 93 class 800 and class 802 trains

1 min read 2022-06-23 20:45:56

AMTRAK has ordered an additional 50 Charger diesel-electric locomotives from Siemens Mobility, following an order for 75 locomotives placed in 2018.

3 min read 2022-06-23 18:29:59

ETIHAD Rail has awarded CAF, Spain, a Dirhams 1.2bn ($US 326.7m) contract to design, manufacture, supply and maintain push-pull diesel passenger

1 min read 2022-06-23 18:05:25

SNCF Network is due next year to install and commission superconducting cable developed by Nexans to connect a traction substation with the 1.5kV dc

2 min read 2022-06-22 22:58:10

THE German federal government and German Rail (DB) have announced plans for a high-performance network, which will reduce the disruption on core

1 min read 2022-06-22 20:55:55

THE Queensland state budget for 2022-23 makes provision for $A 3.5bn ($US 2.4bn) to be spent on new rail projects, in addition to the $A 5.4bn Cross

2 min read 2022-06-21 16:21:54

MOFAIR, the association of German private passenger operators, has called for DB Network to reduce track access charges by 20% in compensation for

3 min read 2022-06-20 23:20:00

PLANS for the multi-billion-dollar Washington Union Station Expansion Project, intended to modernise and revitalise what has been described as one of

2 min read 2022-06-17 17:28:44

THE Swedish government has announced a new national transport infrastructure plan that will see the record sum of SKr 881bn ($US 86.6bn) spent in

1 min read 2022-06-16 13:10:00

THE German non-profit Pro-Rail Alliance has accused the German Federal Ministry of Transport of halting the introduction of the Deutschland Takt

2 min read 2022-06-15 17:24:11

INDIAN Railways (IR) has launched an international search for wheel and axle suppliers to alleviate a domestic shortage aggravated by the bulk orders