BULGARIA: Škoda Group has officially unveiled one of the trainsets it is building for the Sofia metro. The €65m contract awarded by metro operator Metropolitan JSC in July 2023 covers eight four-car ...

TURKEY: Akdoğan Train Cargo has become the first Turkish company to order Siemens Mobility Vectron locomotives, placing an order for five multi-system electric locos for use on international corridors ...

UAE: National railway developer and operator Etihad Rail has formed the Etihad Rail Mobility joint venture with Keolis to launch passenger train services in the UAE from 2026.

UK: Applications have opened for the eighth round of the High Speed 2 Innovation Accelerator programme, which is intended to give technology companies from outside the rail industry a ‘unique’ ...

SWITZERLAND: Knorr-Bremse has agreed to acquire railway safety hardware and software company Duagon Group, which it said would complement its existing business and increase its share of revenue in the ...

AUSTRALIA: Edith Cowan University in Perth has launched dedicated rail-based units across its Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering undergraduate programmes, developed in partnership with the ...

CHINA: Hong Kong operator MTR Corp has expanded its Light Rail Voyager tourism-oriented services with the introduction of a second route from September 28. Show Fullscreen The Yuen Long Sightseeing ...

NTA intends, in the near future, to initiate a pre-qualification process for the design and execution of certain works ...

UK: The first of the 54 Class B23 trainsets which CAF is supplying for the Docklands Light Railway entered passenger service on the automated light metro in east London on September 30. The five-car ...

EUROPE: Rail suppliers' association UNIFE has called on the European Commission to 'deter' non-EU companies from bidding for EU public contracts if their home markets are not open to EU suppliers.

EUROPE: Leasing company Alpha Trains has awarded Siemens Mobility a firm order to supply and maintain a further 15 Vectron ...

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