VIETNAM: Track works on the Phú Quốc LRT project are making progress despite heavy recent rain, concessionaire Sun Group reported on September 28. The 17.6 km light metro line is being built from Phú ...

INNOTRANS: Since the first edition in 1996, the Berlin railway and public transport trade fair has seen steady growth. After a post-Covid dip, organiser Messe Berlin said the 2026 show was the largest ...

Reporting steady progress on the Bankstown extension, Sydney Metro West and the Western Airport Line, Sydney Metro’s Acting Chief Executive Hugh Lawson explains to Benjámin Zelki how Australia’s first ...

USA: Amtrak’s first two Airo push-pull trainsets entered passenger services on the Cascades route in the Pacific Northwest on September 30. The new trainsets supplied by Siemens Mobility are scheduled ...

Interview: Growing metro attracts Sydneysiders to rail. Reporting steady progress on the Bankstown extension, Sydney Metro West and the Western Airport Line, Sydney Metro’s Acti ...

SWITZERLAND: Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera has awarded Stadler a contract to supply two custom-made electro-diesel Abt rack locomotives to haul engineering trains on the steep 800 mm gauge ...

SINGAPORE: Alstom has handed over the last of 106 six-car metro trainsets built to replace the fleets operated by SMRT Trains on the North-South and East-West lines. Land Transport Authority awarded ...

USA: Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners has invested in Metro East Industries, which provides wagon and locomotive maintenance and repair services to Class I railways, leasing ...

FINLAND: Helsinki City Council has voted in favour of the Crown Bridges light rail line connecting Laajasalo with Hakaniemi being extended by a further 5 km through the city to Jätkäsaari. The cost is ...

The first extension of Sarajevo’s tram network since 1962 has opened. Trams running from the city centre over the extension operate as Route 11, numbered in honour of the outgoing captain of the ...

INNOTRANS: One year after Europe launched its high speed rail action plan, industry leaders at InnoTrans 2026 said demand and investment are not the main barriers to expansion; from certification and ...

AUSTRALIA: The first of 55 eight-car Tangara electric multiple-units to undergo a life-extension refit has re-entered service on Line T4 of the Sydney Trains commuter network. The Tangara double-deck ...