The final breakthrough of the western bore of Switzerland's 15.4km Ceneri base tunnel was achieved at noon on January 21, with a deviation of only 2cm horizontally and 1cm vertically.

INDONESIA's president Mr Joko Widodo attended a groundbreaking ceremony in the west Javan town of Walini on January 21 to mark the start of construction of the country's first high-speed railway linking Jakarta with Bandung.

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has announced it will invest SFr 37m ($US 36.9m) in its workshops at Olten over the next two years to adapt the facility for the maintenance of SBB's growing fleet of multiple units.

DECLINING trade with Russia inflicted a heavy toll on rail freight traffic in Estonia last year, according to annual traffic figures from national rail freight operator EVR Cargo, which reveal volumes plunged by 26.6% year-on-year to 11.6 million tonnes.

SWISS PostMail unveiled its newly-commissioned fleet of Habbiillnss sliding wall bogie freight wagons at its Härkingen sorting centre in central Switzerland this week.

THE mayor of Toronto Mr John Tory confirmed on January 19 that plans to expand the commuter rail network west of the city will be dropped in favour of a light rail alternative after a study highlighted concerns over construction costs and ridership projections for the heavy rail option.

JOIN IRJ and Plasser & Theurer on January 21 at 09.30 Eastern Standard Time, 14.30 GMT, and 15.30 Central European Time for an interactive webinar on smart rail welding.

WHAT is claimed to be the first LRV driver training simulator in South America is now operational for the Porto Maravilha light rail project in Rio de Janeiro.