SERVICES on Washington DC's DC Streetcar H/Benning Line are due to begin on February 27 after more than a decade of planning, construction and testing.
NETHERLANDS RAILWAYS (NS) is to operate peak-hour bus services from today in an effort to relieve overcrowding on its busiest rail services.
DUSSELDORF's €843.6m underground Wehrhahn Line light rail line opened on February 20. Regular operation and closure of the previous on-street route followed overnight with services starting via the new route on February 21.
International Railway Summit 2016, Vienna: Mr Jerzy Lejk, CEO, of Warsaw Metro, announced that a general contractor will be appointed very soon to construct the first phase of planned extensions to Line M2.
Battery manufacturer Saft has won a multi-million dollar contract from Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Septa) to supply lineside lithium-ion energy storage equipment.
GERMAN open-access operator derschnellzug.de - which was planning to start services between Stuttgart and Hamburg on March 18 says its planned services will be delayed.
JR East, Japan, plans to spend Yen 1.04 trillion ($US 9.1bn) on upgrading its Tokyo - Morioka and Niigata – Omiya high-speed lines from 2031.
GOVIA Thameslink Railway, Britain, has completed its order of 25 class 700 EMUs from Siemens in a £200m deal after securing funding from British leasing company Rock Rail.
FOURTH quarter and full-year revenues for Bombardier Transportation fell compared with 2014's figures, the company has revealed – and it plans to cut 3,200 jobs in its non-aviation transport activities.
INDIA's government has approved investment of Rs 107 billion ($US 1.56bn) in railway projects.
