A pre-feasibility study for a proposed railway between Malles and Bormio in northern Italy was presented on December 4 in Malles, in the Italian province of Bolzano.

THE government of the Brazilian state of Paraná held an event in São Paulo on November 28 during which it presented plans for a new freight railway that will improve the flow of agricultural products from the midwest of Brazil through the port of Paranaguá.

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has deposited a hybrid Bill in Parliament seeking powers to build Phase 2a of HS2 from Lichfield to Crewe, which is expected to open 2027, and has confirmed the alignment for Phase 2b from Crewe to Manchester and from Birmingham to Leeds.

A ceremony was held at Afula station in Israel on November 8 to mark the start of commercial services on the 60km Valley Line linking Haifa Lev Hamifratz with Beit Shee'an following three months of trial operation.

CHINA’s top economic planning authority the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) confirmed on September 6 that it has given the go-ahead for the first phase of the metro network in Baotou, the largest city in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia.