As well as expanding services domestically and putting more high speed trains in service, South Korea’s national operator is working on securing more contracts internationally. Kim Taeseung, newly ...

SWEDEN: Škoda Group has been selected to supply trams for the tramway which is being developed in the university city of Uppsala. The contract announced on June 30 includes a firm order for an initial ...

TAIWAN: The 14.3 km Sanying (Light Blue) automated metro line in New Taipei was opened for limited passenger carrying trial operations at 14.00 on June 30. The fully elevated line links the southern ...

GERMANY: An order is to be signed for a consortium of Siemens Mobility and Stadler to supply trains for the Berlin S-Bahn’s Stadtbahn and North-South routes, after Alstom dropped a challenge to the ...

MALAYSIA: The 37.8 km LRT3 Shah Alam Line automated light metro has opened, providing a high-capacity east–west route serving areas of the Klang Valley to the west of Kuala Lumpur which were ...

INTERNATIONAL: No fewer than 13 teams from six countries around the world participated in the 15th annual Railway Challenge competition organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway ...

Having opened its first light rail line in 1978, the city of Edmonton is now working on the development of its Valley Line, and extensions to both older routes, focusing on streetscaping and better ...

Ontario’s Northlander passenger train is returning after a 14-year absence. An overnight service is set to start running later this year, following the purchase of three trainsets and strategic ...

DENMARK: The Ministry of Urban & Rural Affairs & Transport has reached an agreement to ensure the continued provision of regional passenger train services which are currently operated under contract ...

USA: Seattle area operator Sound Transit has begun putting into service 11 double-deck coaches supplied by Alstom for its Sounder commuter rail services. ‘From creature comforts to improved visibility ...

ITALY: The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport reached an agreement on June 5 to provide the remaining €589m to fund the planned 12.6 km extension of Milano’s metro Line ...

ITALY: Sardegna’s public transport operator ARST has unveiled the first of a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell powered multiple-units ordered for its 950 mm gauge lines. Toma Bačiċ reports from Stadler’s ...