1. Israel Railways Ltd. (“ISR”) wishes to obtain information regarding advanced AI-enhanced platforms for managing structural railway assets. 2. RFI Documents are available for review and download at ...

GERMANY: Goldschmidt Group’s road-rail vehicle business Goldschmidt Sweden has obtained authorisation from federal railway authority EBA for its LRB 26 overhead line maintenance vehicle to be used in ...

AUSTRALIA: Transwa’s Australind passenger service has restarted following the delivery of the first of four Alstom diesel multiple-units ordered for the 167 km route between Perth and Bunbury. Trains ...

BRAZIL: A short first phase of Belo Horizonte metro Line 2 opened on July 3, when services began operating on the 1.6 km from Amazonas to Nova Suíça where there is an interchange with Line 1. Trains ...

USA: British manufacturer Semmco Life Protection Systems has supplied Emergency Escape Breathing Devices for use by US freight railway staff. As a result of previous accidents, the Federal Railroad ...

USA: A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway project in New York City, marking the latest stage in the long-running programme to extend the metro ...

BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel has awarded a consortium of Cegelec Infra Technics and Kontron AIS a contract to modernise control systems at the Antwerpen Noord yard, a key rail freight hub ...

While the recent ‘reset’ of Britain’s High Speed 2 is a clear reflection of a mismanaged programme, Railway Gazette International‘s Executive Editor Nick Kingsley argues that the real lesson lies in ...

BRAZIL: The first 5·2 km section of São Paulo’s metro network’s Line 6 (Orange) opened on July 2, with a limited trial service running between João Paulo I and Perdizes. Água Branca is now the deepest ...

EUROPE: Research and supply chain representatives have welcomed the latest milestone in Europe’s push to deliver 5G telecoms to support rail operations under the FRMCS programme. Initial trials of the ...

IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann is undertaking public consultation for a project to reinstate a rail link to Navan, and the National Transport Authority has published the emerging preferred route for a 34 km ...

SPAIN: Technology group GMV has been awarded a contract to develop a standardised passenger information system to support onboard communications on the various types of trains in the Barcelona metro ...