GERMANY: In a ruling issued on October 7, a federal administrative court in Köln has rejected an earlier regulatory measure intended to facilitate market entry by private operators to the ...

EUROPE: Virgin Group confirmed on October 9 that an order for 12 Avelia Stream high speed trains had been signed with Alstom, including 30 years of maintenance. It also announced Virgin Atlantic ...

TANZANIA: Tanzania Railways Corp has commissioned Systra to lead a feasibility study for a proposed three-line monorail network in Dar es Salaam, where the rapidly growing population is projected to ...

JMT Industrie launched as a holding company for Theurer family’s track machinery businesses INTERNATIONAL: Plasser & Theurer has announced a restructuring of the investments held by the Max-Thuerer ...

INTERNATIONAL: Plasser & Theurer has announced a restructuring of the investments held by the Max-Thuerer family, affecting the holding company model for the track machine producer as well as the ...

The Royal Commission for Riyadh City has awarded Alstom a €460m contract to supply additional Metropolis driverless metro trainsets for used on lines 3 (Orange), 4 (Yellow) and 6 (Purple). Alstom said ...

EUROPE: The European Union Agency for Railways has acknowledged that ERTMS specifications were put into EU law before they were mature, contributing to repeated changes and national variants. ‘It’s ...

JMT Industrie launched as a holding company for Theurer family’s track machinery businesses INTERNATIONAL: Plasser & Theurer has announced a restructuring of the investments held by the Max-Thuerer ...

UKRAINE: A roadmap for gradually opening the rail freight and passenger markets to competition has been approved, setting out the next steps in the long-running reform of national railway ...

AUSTRALIA: Technology company 4Tel has commissioned digital movement authorities for the Australian Rail Track Corp on more than 1 500 km of its network across New South Wales, replacing a highly ...

GERMANY: An agreement in principle has been reached for defence company Rheinmetall to acquire Alstom’s locomotive factory in Kassel, the two companies have told. Alstom currently produces Traxx ...

POLAND: The partly underground fourth phase of Kraków’s fast tram network opened to passengers on September 26 after an inauguration ceremony the previous day. The 4.5 km extension from Wieczysta ...