THE board of Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) has approved several measures intended to improve the performance of the company, which has suffered huge losses in the wake of the global economic crisis.
THE managing director of Siemens Rail, Britain, Mr Steve Scrimshaw, says he is confident that Siemens and its consortium partner will achieve closure by late December of a deal to supply a fleet of 1200 emu cars and build two depots for the cross-London Thameslink network.
HURRICANE Sandy, the worst storm of its type to hit the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area in generations, has had a devastating impact on the rail network.
THE mayor of Mexico City, Mr Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, accompanied by Mexico's president, Mr Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, officially opened Line 12 yesterday.
TASRAIL, which operates the 726km, 1067mm-gauge rail network on the Australian island state of Tasmania, has ordered a fleet of 191 freight wagons of four types from the Australian subsidiary of CNR, China.
THE global railway track system market remains on course for steady growth despite the budget crisis in the Euro zone and the slowdown in upgrades in China, according to the latest market study by German consultancy group, SCI Verkehr.
FREIGHT and passenger operators across the northeast of the United States are endeavouring to assess damage left by Hurricane Sandy and restore train services where possible.
BOMBARDIER today broke ground on the construction of a new bogie production site in Siegen, Germany.
THE German Federal Ministry for Transport and DB Networks have finalised a financing agreement for the second stage of reconstruction and remodelling at Halle station.
THE first of two inquiries into flaws discovered in the evaluation of bids for Britain's InterCity West Coast (ICWC) franchise commissioned by transport secretary Mr Patrick McLoughlin has published its initial findings.