THE American Public Transportation Association (Apta) says that 10.8 billion journeys were recorded on public transport services, including rail and bus, in the United States in 2014, the highest level in 58 years.
BRITISH train and bus operator, First Group, has applied to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) to operate a new open-access service of five trains per day between London King's Cross and Edinburgh starting in 2018.
THE government of Vietnam has approved a strategy outlining improvements to the country's existing railway network up to 2020 and a vision for the development of new infrastructure up to 2050.
RAILROAD Development Corporation (RDC) has lost its appeal at the Administrative Court in Cologne against the Federal Networks Agency's decision to prevent DB Networks signing draft agreements for train paths for RDC's proposed motor-rail services between Niebüll and Westerland on the island of Sylt.
ONE of the first Siemens Avenio LRVs for Qatar's Education City light rail line has been transferred from Siemens' Simmering plant in Vienna to the nearby Rail Tec Arsenal climatic chamber for testing.
PUBLIC services began operating on the latest addition to the metre-gauge Valencia metro network on March 6, with the inauguration of Line 9.
WARSAW celebrated the opening of its second metro line on March 8 when the city's mayor Mrs Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz launched a day of free rides on the initial 6.5km section of the east-west Line M2 from Dworzec Wileński with Rondo Daszyńskiego.
TANZANIA-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has announced measures to reduce waste and enhance efficiency following an agreement between the president of Tanzania Mr Jakaya Kikwete and his Zambian counterpart Mr Edgar Lungu to revive the 1860km 1067mm-gauge railway.
GHANA Railway Corporation plans to launch a suburban rail service in the twin cities of Sekondi-Takoradi in the fourth quarter of this year.
STOCKHOLM Local Transport (SL) and Bombardier unveiled artist's impressions of the forthcoming C30 train for the city's metro network at the EurasiaRail exhibition in Istanbul on March 5.
