French engineer Egis has been hired by Qatar’s transport ministry to draw up a masterplan for the country’s public transport system. Egis says the Qatar Public Transport Masterplan will “bypass…

A team comprising Dutch architect UNStudio, America’s HKS and Denmark’s Gehl, has won a design contract for a 15km-long, 15-station light railway in Austin, Texas. Intended to open in 2033,…

A team led by Aecom has won a four-year contract to deliver the 16km first stage of a light rail system for Texas capital Austin. Aecom will work alongside consultants…

New Yorkers are bracing for a minimum eight-year megaproject in Midtown Manhattan after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved a $10bn plan to tear down and replace the world’s busiest…

Dallas-based engineer Aecom is to programme manage work on the Portal, an extension of San Francisco’s Caltrain service. This will include the construction of a station and a 2.1km section…

A 15.5km section of the Sydney metro has opened to the public. The line runs from the city’s northwest, under the harbour, through the central business district to the suburb…

US contractor Tutor Perini has won a $1.66bn contract to design and build six rail stations and 4.8km of an elevated railway in Honolulu, Hawaii. It will be the third…

The first section of Hanoi’s second metro line, Line 3, has opened for a free trial period before the official unveiling, due in September 2024. The 8.5km elevated railway built…

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has shut down one of the country’s main rail corridors for a planned, €1.3bn “fundamental overhaul” to improve trains’ punctuality and capacity. The unprecedented…

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has picked Bechtel to provide construction management services for the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II, a six-mile extension with…

Hong Kong’s transit operator, MTR Corporation, has appointed Mace as its programme management partner for new railway extension projects. A UK-headquartered international construction consultant, Mace will set up an integrated…

The joint venture of Ferrovial and Portuguese contractor Alberto Couto Alves has finished the €99m extension of Porto Metro’s Yellow Line. Portugal’s infrastructure minister Miguel Pinto Luz attended the inauguration…

France’s Egis will be the lead consultant for the Abou Qir Metro line in Alexandria, Egypt. It’s a 22km-long route running from the city’s Misr Station to Abu Qir, a…

A controversial project to reorganise the rail network around Stuttgart has been delayed by more than a year, reports Der Spiegel. The Stuttgart 21 scheme involves building a main underground…

UK architect Grimshaw has been chosen to design La Défense metro station for the Grand Paris Express. The station will be located south of the existing station’s forecourt on Place…

Hungary is planning to improve traffic flow in Budapest by constructing a Chinese-funded railway bypass and a motorway ring road, local media report.   The V0 railway was discussed during Chinese…

A+ Architects and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have unveiled their design for a 1.2ha transport centre for Toulouse. The Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub will be located by the Gare Matabiau,…

The Spark consortium has begun lowering parts of two tunnel-boring machines into place for Melbourne’s US$8.36bn North East Link transport megaproject. In a few months, the TBMs will start digging…