Three extensions have opened on Beijing’s metro, bringing the total length of the system to 879km. The completed projects are: the last section of the Changping Line’s southern extension, a…

American engineer Aecom and Swedish consultant Rejlers have won a contract on the 270km North Bothnia rail line   The team will work on the development of railways and public…

Thailand’s Transport Ministry will spend $8.7bn expanding double-tracked railways next year, the Bangkok Post reports. Transport minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said six projects would lay 1,312km of new track. These plus…

Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has begun an amphibious operation to replace five crucial bridge decks at Amsterdam’s main Centraal train station that have reached the end of their design life. Working…

China today started work on a magnetic levitation (maglev) line as part of its plans to construct an ultra-fast rail network, Global Times reports.     The plan is to build a…

Thirteen workers were still missing Thursday morning (5 December) after what’s being described as a ground collapse at a high-speed rail construction site in Shenzhen, southeastern China. Around 200 local…

Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, saw its first metro transit system open for passengers on Saturday, 30 November, after work on it began more than 20 years ago. The 10km-long, east-west…

French train-maker Alstom has signed a five-year, €76m contract with Saudi Arabia to improve its east–west freight corridor. Under the agreement, Alstom will provide technical assistance, spare parts and training…

A joint venture between Tutor Perini and O&G Industries has been awarded a $1.2bn contract to design and build a 4km-long elevated railway at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport.…

Iranian and Russian officials have discussed a plan to build a rail link between Parsabad, a city on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, and the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas. Iran’s…

Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times reports. Yamanashi Prefecture had been considering a light railway but, at a…

The latest contract in Morocco’s Kenitra-Marrakesh high-speed rail link has gone to the China Overseas Engineering Corporation (Covec), a subsidiary of China Railways, business website Zawya reports. Covec was bidding…

American architect Studio Gang has unveiled the completed University of Chicago John Boyer Centre in Paris. The centre has a timber structure and façade, as well as a brise-soleil formed…

The EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has signed two agreements worth €1.4bn in an effort to speed up completion of the Rail Baltica project. Of this amount, €1.2bn will be…

Thai contractor CH Karnchang Plc has picked Aecom as lead designer for the Orange Line West metro project in Bangkok, billed as one of the biggest rail infrastructure projects in…

Three contractors have signed a deal to build a section of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop (SRL), a project to improve lateral connections in the city. The Terra Verde consortium consists…

French rail engineer Alstom has signed a contract to deliver 117 freight locomotives to Kazakhstan. The agreement, announced on Monday, is part of Kazakhstan’s goal of modernising its transport networks,…

India has signed memorandums of understanding with the governments of Spain and Switzerland aimed at increasing the number of foreign companies working on its rail modernisation projects. Indian Railways signed…