This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. In June Delhi Metro Rail Corp officially commenced work at Central Secretariat for the 9.9 km Central Vista Corridor extension of ...

AUSTRALIA: Transwa’s Australind passenger service has restarted following the delivery of the first of four Alstom diesel multiple-units ordered for the 167 km route between Perth and Bunbury. Trains ...

GERMANY: Goldschmidt Group’s road-rail vehicle business Goldschmidt Sweden has obtained authorisation from federal railway authority EBA for its LRB 26 overhead line maintenance vehicle to be used in ...

USA: British manufacturer Semmco Life Protection Systems has supplied Emergency Escape Breathing Devices for use by US freight railway staff. As a result of previous accidents, the Federal Railroad ...

BRAZIL: A short first phase of Belo Horizonte metro Line 2 opened on July 3, when services began operating on the 1.6 km from Amazonas to Nova Suíça where there is an interchange with Line 1. Trains ...

FRANCE: Hitachi Rail, Ferrocampus and the Trains & Traction heritage railway association have showcased what they hope will be a cost-effective railway signalling assembly in real-world conditions in ...

BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel has awarded a consortium of Cegelec Infra Technics and Kontron AIS a contract to modernise control systems at the Antwerpen Noord yard, a key rail freight hub ...

While the recent ‘reset’ of Britain’s High Speed 2 is a clear reflection of a mismanaged programme, Railway Gazette International‘s Executive Editor Nick Kingsley argues that the real lesson lies in ...

Railway Gazette International looks at the current state of progress to create Great British Railways as the public sector body which will run the national rail network. December 9 saw a key milestone ...

This week’s news from the global railway supply chain. Wien-headquartered leasing company Creditas Mobility has told Railway Gazette International that it is working with the Škoda Pars repair and ...

ASIA: The transport ministers of Turkey and Saudi Arabia have signed memoranda of understanding for co-operation on railway technology, infrastructure development and long-term connectivity between ...

UAE: The UAE’s first national mainline passenger rail service was launched with the start of introductory operations between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah on June 30. Additional stations in Dubai and Al ...