BRITAIN's prime minister Mr David Cameron has announced plans today to invest an additional £4.2bn to upgrade key sections of the rail network in England and Wales between 2014 and 2019 on top of the £5.2bn already committed for projects currently underway such as Crossrail and Thameslink.
NEW YORK Metropolitan Transportation Authority and mobile ticketing developer Masabi are poised to begin testing a smartphone app that will allow Metro North commuter rail passengers to purchase tickets electronically and use their device as proof of payment.
AUCKLAND Transport has unveiled the preferred route for the proposed City Rail Link (CRL), which will extend the existing suburban line underground to create a new link beneath the city centre.
Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook are changing the way passengers interact with rail operators. Kevin Smith examines how railways are responding to this media revolution.
PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has placed a €1bn order with Alstom and Bombardier for an additional 70 MI09 double-deck emus for RER Line A. Alstom is responsible for two thirds of contact and Bombardier the remaining one third.
GREATER Stockholm Local Transport (SL) has awarded Alstom a €440m contract to supply an additional 46 Coradia Nordic X60 suburban emus, taking its total fleet of the trains to 129.
THE New South Wales (NSW) coalition government has allocated $A 13.2bn ($US 13.06bn) to public transport and roads in its 2012-13 budget, which was announced on June 12.
ALMOST four years after construction began, Salt Lake City's FrontRunner South commuter rail project reached a milestone on June 11 with the start of trial operation on the line from Salt Lake Central to Provo.
A GAUTRAIN feeder loop line is being considered to connect the suburbs of Pretoria with the Gautrain line to Johannesburg and OR Tambo International Airport.
PLANS to electrify two Adelaide suburban lines have been abandoned in a programme of budgetary cuts by the South Australian state government.
