CONSTRUCTION has started on the third and final section of the 27km Semmering Base Tunnel in Austria with work on the entire €3.3bn project now in full swing.
LONG Island Rail Road (LIRR) has awarded two design-build contracts for track-doubling on part of the Ronkonkoma branch.
THE cost of constructing a Y-shaped high-speed line linking Stockholm with Gothenburg and Malmö is likely to be lower than previously forecast, according to new calculations published by Swedish infrastructure manager Trafikverket on May 31.
MORE than 5000 Parisians attended a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Fort d'Issy-Vanves-Clamart station on June 4 to mark the official start of construction on the first phase of the €25bn Grand Paris orbital express metro network.
THE mayor of Rio de Janeiro Mr Eduardo Paes inaugurated the first phase of the 28km Porto Maravilha light rail network on June 5.
GERMAN open-access operator Locomore, which has used a successful crowdfunding campaign to fund a new Stuttgart - Berlin service, announced on June 3 that it has finalised traction and rolling stock contracts for the venture.
NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbanverket and its Swedish counterpart Trafikverket have agreed to work together to increase capacity on the Oslo - Gothenburg line following the completion of a joint study into options for future development of the route.
THE premier of Ontario Mrs Kathleen Wynne announced on June 3 that the Canadian province will provide $C 1bn ($US 770m) towards Ottawa's $C 3bn Stage 2 LRT project, which will add 30km and 19 stations to the capital's urban rail network.
THE Korean port city of Busan is expected to launch construction this month on its fifth metro line, which will run south from an interchange with metro Line 2 and the Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit (BGT) at Sasang to Hadan on Line 4.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has announced plans to launch a new Frankfurt - Milan service next year in cooperation with both Trenitalia and German Rail (DB).
