Switzerland and the UK have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a direct rail link between the two countries. The countries’ transport departments have set up a working…

Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has broken through on India’s longest railway tunnel, linking Devprayag and Janasu in the northern state of Uttarakhand. The 14.5km-long Tunnel Number 8 forms…

An international team of Acciona, SMEC, WSP and Cimic subsidiaries CPB Contractors and UGL has won a design and pre-construction contract for the main works of a US$3.65bn (A$5.75bn) rail…

Two rail projects have been inaugurated in Anuradhapura, northern Sri Lanka as part of the India-Sri Lanka development partnership. The 128km Maho-Omanthai railway has been funded with $91m from India,…

Poland’s Central Port Communication (CPK) – a megaproject to reshape its transport network with a new international airport and a nationwide high-speed rail network – has awarded a consortium led…

Paris-headquartered Systra has won a systems project management contract for Stockholm’s new Yellow Line, set to be the sixth line of the Swedish capital’s metro system. In planning since 2020,…

The Texas legislature will debate a bill that would make building a high-speed railway in the state more difficult, the Houston Public Media website reports.  If passed, “Bill 1402” would…

Authorities in the Indian state of Haryana have invited detailed project proposals for two new metro lines in the tech hub-city of Gurgaon (officially Gurugram), 30km southwest of Delhi. The…

China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) will invest $1.4bn in an upgrade of Africa’s longest railway – the 1,860km “Tazara” line that connects Zambia’s copper belt with the port of…

Melbourne’s long-anticipated airport rail link has taken a step forward, with the Australian federal government confirming it will allocate A$7bn for the project. That includes $5bn previously committed, plus $2bn…

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,…

The “Bererix” joint venture of Belgium’s Besix and Latvia’s Rere Buve has finished the first phase of a new railway bridge over the Daugava River in Riga, Latvia. The bridge…

Executives from China Railways have met with Vietnamese officials to express interest in joining a $1.1bn project to restore a railway built by the French colonial government in the early…

Aecom will act as lead designer for the Phase 2 final design of the $3.57bn East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit system. It’s part of the San Fernando Transit…

Morocco’s national rail operator said yesterday that it would spend $2.9bn on some 168 trains from Spanish, French and Korean suppliers, Reuters reports.  ONCF said the equipment would be supplied…

Italian contractor Webuild has completed an extension at Milan’s Sant’Ambrogio metro station, which includes a display of a mediaeval wall found during its construction. A 70m-long passage has a glass…

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has announced that work will begin before 2030 on a railway through the Mekong Delta provinces south of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The 175km line…

US Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy yesterday ordered the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate whether $4bn pledged by the Biden administration for the California High-Speed Rail project should…