A MAJOR expansion of passenger rail services in Vermont is proposed as part of the state's new rail plan, which identifies capital investment priorities for the next 20 years.
With a key report from the Japan International Cooperation Agency into the Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed project expected this month, Raghav Thakur, looks at the prospects for this project and the country's high-speed ambitions.
KEOLIS confirmed on July 14 that it has been granted a five-year extension by Virginia Railway Express (VRE) for the operation of commuter rail services from Washington D.C. to Manassas and Fredericksburg in northern Virginia.
RHINE-Ruhr Transport Authority (VRR) has published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a contract to supply and maintain at least 36 EMUs for the region's S-Bahn network.
Work on the first phase of Britain's £42.6bn HS2 project to build a 338km high-speed line from London via Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds is set to begin two years from now. As David Briginshaw reports, this was confirmed last month by Britain's newly-elected government.
TESTING started this month of two 350km/h prototype China Standard EMUs designed by Chinese engineers.
PASSENGER numbers on Russian Railways's (RZD) flagship Sapsan services reached 1.88 million in the first half of this year, a 26.4% increase compared with the same period in 2014, according to ridership figures released on July 13.
MID-SAXONY Transport Authority (VMS) has awarded Vossloh Kiepe and Vossloh Rail Vehicles a contract to supply four additional City Link tram-trains for use in the Chemnitz area after the state of Saxony agreed to fund 75% of the €23.7m order.
SOUTHWEST Ohio Regional Transportation Authority (Sorta) has awarded Transdev Services a five-year contract to operate and maintain the initial 5.8km phase of the Cincinnati Streetcar network, which is due to open in September 2016.
TRIAL operation began on China's most northerly high-speed line on July 13, when a CRH5 EMU was used for a maiden test run on the 281km Harbin - Qiqihar line in Heilongjiang province.
