New York MTA Subway train. Credit: Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock.com. New York State’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board has approved a contract valued at $1.507bn for the purchase of ...

£150m ($201m) investment was made in the dual-power locomotives. Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Minister of State for Rail, said: “Major private sector investments like this £150 million commitment to ...

Hitachi Rail’s signalling solution is expected to improve the service capacity and performance of the Muni public transit. Credit: Hitachi Rail Limited. Hitachi Rail has secured a contract with the ...

The 29.5km LRT Mutiara Line will feature 21 stations. Credit: Stoqliq/Shutterstock. SRS Consortium has secured a RM8.3bn ($1.84bn) design and build contract for the civil and structural works of the ...

Tanzania is seeking international debt capital markets to fund the construction of a 411km railway line. Credit: Stoqliq/Shutterstock. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a coordination ...

Brightline West will build a high-speed passenger rail system between Las Vegas and Southern California by 2028. Brightline West is building a high-speed rail system to connect Las Vegas, Nevada, and ...

Render of the West Yorkshire mass transit system tram passing through Leeds City Centre. Credit: West Yorkshire Combined Authority. For many years, the UK city of Leeds has held the rather unfortunate ...

Railways tend to work best when they are reasonably flat and level, but unfortunately for engineers, the world was not formed with railways in mind. Throughout the history of rail, new solutions have ...

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia announced in late June of this year that they are seeking to unify rail tariffs and set up a joint logistics company. This marks a major milestone in the process of ...

An LNER British Rail Class 800 Azuma connected to overhead catenary power. Credit: Jack Cousin/Shutterstock As the UK continues its slow efforts to decarbonise its railways, moving from diesel-powered ...

High-speed railways combine both speed and efficiency. From the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan to the French TGV, high-speed trains have a history that spans several decades. The evolution of ...

In 2016, the EU brought into effect the Fourth Railway Package, a programme of changes to rail regulations across the EU. The package, which includes reforms in standards and authorisation for rolling ...