SWEDEN's prime minister Mr Fredrik Reinfeldt, speaking in Linköping on August 29, says he plans to increase railway investment by 30% between 2014 and 2025 as part of a plan to invest more in infrastructure to encourage economic growth.
GERMAN open-access passenger operator Hamburg-Köln-Express (HKX), which launched a daily service between Hamburg and Cologne on July 23, says the first month of operation has been positive.
RUSSIA's anti-trust watchdog has ordered the city of Moscow to stop taking bids for a $US 300m contract to supply 120 LRVs and to re-tender.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has strongly denied claims in the Russian press that its high-speed railway construction programme has been cancelled.
THREE signalling companies have been awarded contracts worth about £20m by Network Rail (NR) to develop software prototypes for a national traffic management system.
THE dispute over the award of the InterCity West Coast passenger franchise to First Group has intensified as Virgin Trains, the current operator of the London – Glasgow route, has started legal proceedings against the Department for Transport (DfT).
CONSTRUCTION commenced yesterday on the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line in Ho Chi Minh City following a groundbreaking ceremony attended by around 400 people.
WITH work progressing on the North-South railway in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Railway Company (SAR) has selected Plasser & Theurer to supply 12 machines to maintain the mixed traffic lines.
ISRAEL National Roads Company invites companies or groups to prequalify by October 24 for a contract to construct the superstructure, and equip two new lines currently under construction.
IN an effort to boost its financial performance, KiwiRail has announced plans to cut $NZ 200m ($US 161.5m) from expenses between 2013 and 2015.