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…

The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) is to take over running the country’s new Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway from the Chinese company Africa Star (Afristar) by the end of the year,…

Mongolia and China will build a rail link to connect their networks to reduce trade costs, particularly for Mongolia’s coal, Railway Supply reports.  The line will extend a 240km track…

Justin Trudeau has announced that a 1,000km high-speed rail link will be built in the centre of the country, linking Toronto and Quebec City. The service, to be known as…

Vietnam’s National Assembly today approved raising the country’s growth target for this year to at least 8%, up from 6.5%, and backed infrastructure projects including a railway to China and…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will make €827m available for spending on the Czech Republic’s rail sector; a €527m will be spent on the network and €300m on train upgrades.…

German national rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has awarded a long-term volume framework contract worth €2.8bn to upgrade the network’s digital control and safety systems to a consortium of Siemens…

Bouygues subsidiary Colas has won three contracts worth a total of €430m on Morocco’s high-speed railway between Kenitra and Marrakech. Two Colas subsidiaries will carry out the work. Grands Travaux…

Austin, Texas is looking for a construction team to design and build its first light rail system. The body in charge, Austin Transit Partnership (ATP), wants work on a 10-mile…

Thailand’s cabinet formally approved the second phase of its high-speed railway to China through Laos on Tuesday, committing 340 billion baht, about $10bn, in funding, Bangkok Post reports. Phase 2…

French rail engineer Alstom has signed a contract with Metro de Madrid to create the city’s first driverless route. Line 6, the one chosen, runs for 24km and accommodates 400,000…

Tanzania has signed a $2.2bn deal with two Chinese firms to build a standard gauge rail link between the port of Dar es Salaam and a nickel mine in Burundi,…

Thailand says its $13bn high-speed railway to China through Laos will enter service in 2030, South China Morning Post reports.  A government spokesperson said the line would be “an opportunity…

An investment of US$620m (A$1bn) has been announced for building a transit corridor from the suburb of Liverpool to the new Western Sydney International Airport. Jointly funded by local and…

China is considering investing $60bn to upgrade Turkey’s rail network, South China Morning Post reports. Burak Dağlıoğlu, president of the Invest in Türkiye agency, said the work could include a…

Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (ANI) is to award a $600m public–private contract to build, operate and maintain a freight rail corridor, business website BNAmericas reports. The 10-year PPP contract will…

Ethiopia has begun looking for a company to restart work on a $1.7bn railway connecting the country’s eastern and northern regions, website Railway Supply reports. The 392km Awash–Hara Gebeya project…