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April 24, 2026 | Commuter Rail

Nanjing opens new commuter line

54km line to Ma’anshan serving 16 stations is China’s first inter-provincial commuter link.

April 16, 2026 | Freight

Jordan and UAE form joint venture to build freight railway

New 360km railway to carry phosphates and potash will cost $US 2.3bn.

March 31, 2026 | Light Rail

Seattle opens Crosslake Connection between its two light rail lines

The new extension connects lines 1 and 2, unifying the network for the first time.

March 31, 2026 | Infrastructure

Laos - Vietnam railway gets green light

The new railway would give landlocked Laos direct access to a major port.

March 27, 2026 | Financial

Belgrade signs €915m turnkey metro contract

Alstom will deliver 15km initial phase of Serbian capital’s first driverless metro.

March 20, 2026 | Africa

Construction starts on next section of Kenyan SGR

Funding still to be resolved for new 380km standard-gauge line to Ugandan border.

March 11, 2026 | Infrastructure

Seville Airport rail link progresses

Spain’s Ministry of Transport approves alignment for new 4.7km line.

March 2, 2026 | Light Rail

Munich opens new light rail line

First section of city’s West Tangent Light Rail project opened on February 28.

February 10, 2026 | Central/South America

São Paulo Metro revokes Line 19 Lot 1 contract

A Chinese-led consortium has been successfully challenged by a rival and had its provisional civil works contract for Lot 1 on São Paulo Metro’s Line 19 revoked.

January 30, 2026 | Asia

Nanjing inter-city commuter line opening close

Testing is taking place on the 54km Line S2 which is due to open in April.

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