IRJ at the 5th Railway Forum, Berlin: GERMAN Rail (DB) CEO Dr Richard Lutz has urged the supply industry to support DB by delivering the innovative solutions the company requires to flourish in a changing mobility market.

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on August 28 by the Purple Line Transit Partners joint venture to mark the start of construction of the 25.7km Purple Line light rail project in Maryland, United States.

LIMA Metro has awarded a €2.1m two-year contract to a consortium of Catalunya Railways (FGC) and Spanish consultant engineering company Ardanuy to supervise infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance on Line 1.

A ceremony was held in the Estonian capital Tallinn on August 30 to mark the operation of the first tram on a new link from the future Rail Baltica station at Ülemiste to Tallinn Lennart Meri Airport.

US railways serving Houston and the surrounding region have suspended train services as heavy rain and widespread flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey continues to affect southern Texas and Louisiana.

AS part of its ongoing freight strategy for the Melbourne to Brisbane rail corridor, Australian logistics and interstate rail freight operator SCT Logistics officially opened its Bromelton Intermodal Estate freight hub in south east Queensland on August 23.

AMIDST continuing rises in China-Europe intermodal rail freight traffic, RZD Logistics and its sister company Far East Land Bridge reported a 1.8-times year-on-year increase in overall intermodal traffic in the first six months of 2017.

KISHON port in Haifa witnessed the successful arrival of the first Bombardier Traxx locomotive for Israel Railways on August 28, the country's first electric unit.

THE Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $US 400m loan to support signalling and telecommunications upgrades and electrification of the 76km San Martin commuter railway in Buenos Aires, the only suburban line in the city not to be electrified.