MEXICO: Hitachi Rail has signed a €168m contract to supply railway systems for the 396 km passenger rail corridor linking Saltillo with Nuevo Laredo on the US border. As part of the Mexican government ...

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 ...

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 ...

TURKEY: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the final section of Istanbul metro Line M11 on June 19, with passenger services beginning the following day. Travel is free until July 31. The 17.5 ...

POLAND: A Škoda ForCity Plus 52T tram being supplied for use in the Czech capital has been presented in Wrocław ahead of the city’s light rail fleet renewal plans being confirmed. The tram was ...

GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has secured a maintenance contract running for up to 30 years for 61 Mireo Plus B battery trains to be used on the Netz Nordwestfalen regional network. The Siemens-built ...

CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of 23 electric multiple-units that Škoda Group is supplying for RegioJet to use in the Ústí nad Labem region was presented on June 12. RegioJet awarded Škoda Group a KC3·5bn ...

FINLAND: National passenger operator VR and Stadler have unveiled a newly delivered Sm7 trainset at Helsinki station ahead of its planned entry into service later this summer. Based on Stadler’s ...

First line opened 1880, electric operation from 1897. See Linz network map. Four-route city tramway largely on reserved track; also operates a mountain route, the Pöstlingbergbahn (3 km, height 535 m) ...

GREECE: CAF has completed refurbishment work on the first of 14 MAN/Siemens trainsets dating from 1983-85 which are being modernised for continued use on Athens metro Line 1. The €70m contract awarded ...

ASIA: The transport ministers of Turkey and Saudi Arabia have signed memoranda of understanding for co-operation on railway technology, infrastructure development and long-term connectivity between ...