RICARDO UK, Artemis Intelligent Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Europe, and Bombardier Transportation UK have announced a collaborative research programme to investigate a more effective use of energy recovered from braking on diesel trains.
RAILFREIGHT transport in Ukraine fell by 1.7% to 105 million tonnes in the first three months of 2012 as transit and domestic traffic fell by 17.4% and 5.8% respectively.
THE long-suffering passengers of the Berlin S-Bahn, who have been plagued by years of train disruption and cancellation caused by poor train maintenance, can at last look forward to
KEOLIS, France, has been selected by L&T Metro Rail, a special purpose vehicle of Indian civil engineering company Larsen & Toubro, to operate and maintain the first phase of
ETIHAD Rail chairman HE Nasser Al Sowaidi and HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, chairman of DP World, have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of an intermodal rail terminal at Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates.
ANSALDO STS Australia has been awarded a $A 151m ($US 154.7m) turnkey contract to provide signalling and telecommunications systems for the Roy Hill Iron Ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
LOS Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Expo light-rail line officially opened to the public on April 28.
UZBEKISTAN Railways (UTY) has entered negotiations with Talgo for two variable-gauge bi-mode trains, according to a report by Trend News Agency, which quotes UTY management as saying that discussions on financing are also underway.
IRISH Rail (IE) has selected the Ramsys asset management tool supplied by Mermec, Italy, to manage its track maintenance and renewal work schedule.
STRATHCLYDE Partnership for Transport (SPT) has appointed Systra to act as technical advisor for the turnkey contract to supply new trains, signalling and train control systems, and an upgraded control room as part of the £287.5m modernisation of the Glasgow Subway.
