Latest Rail News
May 24, 2013
TRANSLINK Northern Ireland Railways is carrying out a trial with Irish Rail's Plasser & Theurer RM-90-IR ballast cleaner on the Newry – Poyntzpass section of the Belfast – Dublin line.
The self-propelled machine has a maximum...May 24, 2013
EDMONTON Transit has awarded Axion International Holdings, United States, a contract to supply its Ecotrax 100% recycled composite sleepers for use on the city's light rail network.
Axion says that more than 68 tonnes of plastic,...May 24, 2013
THE first of 18 CAF Urbos low-floor LRVs ordered by Debrecen public transport operator DKV in 2011 arrived in the Hungarian city on May 22.
The five-section 600V dc bidirectional vehicles are 32.5m long and accommodate...May 24, 2013
KIRUNA Wagon, Sweden, has secured its first export order with the signing of a contract on May 23 for 40 bogie hoppers for Norwegian mining company Raner...May 23, 2013
DESPITE another difficult year for Italy's economy, Italian State Railways (FS) improved its financial performance for the fifth consecutive year in 2012, with...May 23, 2013
THE LATEST addition to Manchester's rapidly-expanding Metrolink light rail network welcomed its first passengers on May 23, with the opening of the 2.8km...May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has placed a $US 184m order with Kawasaki Heavy Industries for 100 additional series 7000 metro cars,...May 22, 2013
THE Swiss Federal Council has approved a scheme to create and finance a project which will allow 4m corner-height semitrailers to be carried on the Gotthard...May 22, 2013
UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) signed a letter of intent with Luganskteplovoz, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Transmashholding, Russia, on May 16 for the purchase of 300...May 22, 2013
CZECH Railways (CD) has placed a Koruna 942.7m ($US 46.9m) order with Škoda Transportation for an additional seven Regiopanter emus.
Škoda was the only...
