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 ...

Approval for the AED 34bn Gold Line metro project was announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-president and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai on April 22.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: Pesa Bydgoszcz and Japan’s Hitachi Rail have signed a strategic co-operation agreement covering the development and manufacturing of high speed and double-deck trains and the transfer of ...

POLAND: The Centre for EU Transport Projects, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure, has launched preliminary market consultations to assess interest in operating inter-voivodship and ...