Category: Railway Engineering

Zhang Bingnan, General Manager of CCCC, Holds Talks with Chief Financial Officer of Kazakhstan's Samruk-Kazyna Fund and Chairman of the Board of Kazakhstan Railways

On June 15, Zhang Bingnan, General Manager of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), held...

2026-06-17

India and Nepal Review Progress on 136 km Broad Gauge Railway Line

India and Nepal reviewed the progress of the proposed Raxaul–Kathmandu railway corridor and other cr...

2026-06-16

Announced in 2026: Kolkata Metro to Receive 60 New-Generation Trains

Indian Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the Kolkata Metro will receive 60 ...

2026-06-16

Poland's OnTrain Unveils First Traxx Universal Locomotive, Contract Covers 40 Units

Alstom and Polish locomotive leasing platform OnTrain showcased the first Traxx Universal multi-syst...

2026-06-16

Swiss SBB Cargo orders 36 Stadler electric locomotives

At an event held at Stadler's manufacturing facility in Valencia, Spain, the final exterior design o...

2026-06-16

SIM Factor to Deliver 14 Railway Simulators to Hellenic Railways Organisation

SIM Factor S.A. has signed two contracts with the Hellenic Railways Organisation to deliver 14 railw...

2026-06-16

voestalpine Launches Plug-and-Play Axle Counting System

voestalpine Railway Systems has launched the UniAC[2] axle counting system, which integrates plug-an...

2026-06-16

German railway resumes Hamburg-Berlin direct services on June 14, increasing frequency by 35%

Germany's Deutsche Bahn (DB) will resume direct long-distance services between Hamburg and Berlin on...

2026-06-16

Mexico Awards $214 Million Contract for Six Stations on Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo Railway

The Mexican Agency for Integrated Public Transport and Trains (ATTRAPI) has awarded the design and c...

2026-06-16

Monterrey Light Rail Project in Mexico Completes 11km Section Hot-Running Test

On May 31 local time, the Monterrey Light Rail Project in Mexico, undertaken by the Electrification ...

2026-06-16

Southern Railway Tenders for Fifth and Sixth Lines in Chennai

Southern Railway (SR) has invited bids for the construction of the fifth and sixth railway lines bet...

2026-06-16

East Midlands Railway unveils first train in £30m refurbishment plan

East Midlands Railway (EMR) has unveiled the first fully refurbished Class 360 train as part of its ...

2026-06-16

Alstom's French factory rolls out the 500th Omneo Régio2N train

Alstom has reached a production milestone at its Crespin, France, facility with the completion of th...

2026-06-16

Network Rail to upgrade southern section of Midland Mainline

Network Rail plans to carry out multiple upgrade works on the southern section of the Midland Mainli...

2026-06-16

Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Introduces Tunnel Portal Buffer Structures for the First Time

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project has introduced tunnel portal buffer structures for the ...

2026-06-16

U.S. CapMetro Awards 32-Mile Commuter Rail Maintenance Contract to RGPC

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro, headquartered in Austin, Texas) has awa...

2026-06-16

Amey wins £40 million Network Rail assessment contract

Infrastructure engineering company Amey has secured two framework contracts from Network Rail for th...

2026-06-16

India Approves First Underwater Road-Rail Tunnel at $1.96 Billion Investment

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ha...

2026-06-16

Ho Chi Minh City plans to build 200 km of urban railways by 2030, with investment exceeding 19 billion USD

Ho Chi Minh City plans to build a 355-kilometer urban railway network by 2035 to meet residents' tra...

2026-06-16

Brazil's Infra S.A. Plans to Create a Portfolio of 12 Greenfield Railway Terminals

Infra S.A. plans to launch a continuous public offering to build an initial portfolio of twelve gree...

2026-06-16

Czech Leo Express Launches €1.65 Billion Tender for Up to 93 Trains

Czech railway operator Leo Express has launched a procurement tender for new Electric Multiple Units...

2026-06-16

Sweden's Stena Line signs deal to maintain rail ferry service to Germany until 2031

Stena Line has signed an agreement with the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) to maint...

2026-06-16

Cumulative trips of China-Europe Railway Express via "Eastern Corridor" exceed 40,000

As of June 16, 2026, the cumulative number of China-Europe Railway Express trips via the "Eastern C...

2026-06-16

UK's Lumo Partners with Starlink to Upgrade East Coast Train WiFi

Open-access rail operator Lumo has announced a partnership with satellite broadband operator Starlin...

2026-06-16

Turkey and Saudi Arabia Plan Cross-Border Railway Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz

On June 14, local time, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu state...

2026-06-16

China's Xi-Shi High-Speed Railway Begins Full-Line Trial Operation

At 8:39 a.m. today (June 16), the 55302 test EMU departed from Xi'an East Station and headed for Sh...

2026-06-16

First additional Elizabeth line train for UK begins testing in Derby

Alstom is testing the first of 10 additional Class 345 EMUs for the Elizabeth line—numbered 345071—a...

2026-06-16

In 2026, Saarland, Germany, tests 44 Flirt Akku battery trains

On June 12, 2026, Petra Berg, Minister for Environment, Climate, Transport and Consumer Protection o...

2026-06-15

U.S. Department of Transportation Releases $626.7 Million in Multimodal Grants in June 2026

In June 2026, the U.S. Department of Transportation released a $626.7 million grant solicitation und...

2026-06-15

China Railway Chengdu Bureau Invests 10.78 Billion Yuan in Chongqing Railway Projects in First Five Months

From January to May this year, China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. completed a fixed asset ...

2026-06-15