RUSSIA's Finance Ministry has announced proposals to cut subsidies for long-distance train services and divert the funding to investment in aviation.
CAF is celebrating the first order for its Urbos 3 low-floor LRV from a German customer after signing a contract with Freiburg Transport (VAG) for 12 metre-gauge vehicles, which will support the expansion of the city's light rail network.
BRAZIL's Logistics and Planning Company (EPL) has announced it will issue tender documents in May for the contract to build the Central-West Integration Railway (Fico).
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have agreed to provide a $US 260m loan to support the construction of Ho Chi Minh City metro Line 5.
CONSTRUCTION has been completed of the first metro line in the Chinese city of Harbin and a fleet of 17 six-car trains has been delivered by CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles ready to start trial operation.
A TENDER notice was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on March 13 for a contract to operate direct cross-border passenger services between The Hague and Brussels.
FOLLOWING an extensive judicial review, the High Court in London today rejected nine of the 10 legal challenges brought against the first phase of High Speed 2 from London to Birmingham and Lichfield.
THE new China Railway Corporation (CRC) has now been launched and China's last railway minister, Mr Sheng Guangzu, has been appointed general manager. This follows the government's decision earlier this month to abolish the Ministry of Railways (MOR).
BRAZILIAN mining giant Vale announced on March 11 that it has suspended a project to develop one of the largest potassium mines in the world in Argentina's Neuquén province, which included the construction of an 83km railway.
SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif and Alstom have signed an agreement to develop a new dual-gauge signalling system for 1668mm-gauge and 1435mm-gauge trains operating on the same tracks.
