NEW York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced a 20-year plan worth $US 105.9bn to improve its public transport infrastructure and assets.
MR Giuseppe Sciarrone, CEO of Italian open-access high-speed operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV), issued his resignation on October 2. The company's steering committee has appointed its president Mr Antonello Perricone as his replacement.
A proposed metro project in Pune, India's eighth largest city, received a boost earlier this week when the Maharashtra state government approved the project and committed to partly fund its construction.
THE CEO of Italian State Railways (FS) Mr Mauro Moretti officiated at a ceremony at Milan Central station yesterday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Pendolino tilting trains in Italy.
BRITAIN's Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded incumbent First Group a 23-month contract to continue operating the Great Western franchise, which encompasses services from London Paddington to south Wales and the south west of England, until September 2015.
LINE testing of Edinburgh's long-delayed and over budget light rail line will be extended to the 2.1km section from Gogarburn station to Edinburgh Park on October 8, Edinburgh City Council has confirmed, adding that passenger services on the 13.5km line are due to begin in May 2014.
Railway Interchange 2013: LILEE Systems, United States, showed two new Positive Train Control (PTC) solutions developed in separate partnerships with Alstom and Cisco at this week's Railway Interchange exhibition in Indianapolis, Indiana.
ANSALDOBREDA has filed a lawsuit in a court in Utrecht, Netherlands, against NS Financial Services and Netherlands Railways (NS) for failing to fulfil their obligations under the contract for the 16 V250 high-speed trains which AnsaldoBreda supplied for the now-aborted Amsterdam - Brussels Fyra service.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has ordered 34 Coradia Liner trains from Alstom in a contract worth around €350m.
A report commissioned by the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) shows that passenger journeys increased by 2% in 2011-12 while freight traffic grew even more strongly recording an rise 8.2% in tonnage.
