Go Transit goes half-hourly on Lakeshore lines
GREATER Toronto and Hamilton area commuter rail operator Go Transit has announced plans to effectively double off-peak services on its Lakeshore East and Lakeshore West lines from June.
COSTA RICA last week restored suburban services on the 21km line between the capital San Jose, and the city of Cartago, following a modest investment of Colon 3.5bn ($US 6.9m).
Restoration of the metre-gauge line, which...
NATIONAL Express will continue to operate the Essex Thameside franchise until September 2014 after it was awarded a short-term contract by the Department for Transport (DfT), the first such contract to be concluded since the...
THE government of the Australian state of Victoria unveiled its budget for the 2013-14 financial year on May 7, pledging investment of $A 520m ($US 532m) in public transport including a programme of improvements to...
TRANSPORT for London has (TfL) placed a £88m order with Bombardier for 57 additional Class 378 emu vehicles as part of a £320m project to lengthen trains on the London Overground network from four to...
THE New South Wales government has announced two shortlisted consortia for the operations, trains and systems (OTS) contract for the North West Rail Link (NWRL) between Rouse Hill and Chatswood in the suburbs of Sydney.
The...
VOITH has placed a follow up order with MAN for 68 D2876 under-floor engines for use in conjunction with its DiwaPacks powerpack on passenger trains being built by Brazilian manufacturer Bom Sinal.The latest order follows...
SPANISH rolling stock manufacturer CAF has reported a 19.1% drop in net profit to €22.2m for the first quarter of 2013.Quarterly net revenue fell by 12.8% to €403.9m while CAF's order backlog decreased by 2.2%...
GREATER Toronto and Hamilton area commuter rail operator Go Transit has announced plans to effectively double off-peak services on its Lakeshore East and Lakeshore West lines from June.
At present services average one train per hour...
FOLLOWING a successful legal challenge by German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Regio, Berlin Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB) has issued a new tender for the Ringbahn, the first part of the Berlin S-Bahn network to be...
BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook has awarded Vossloh Kiepe a £40m contract to supply IGBT traction equipment for the fleet of 91 class 455 emus used by South West Trains on commuter services from...
