AUSTRALIA: The government has announced A$1.75bn of funding for rail freight, but has stopped development of the northern section of the 1 600 km Inland Rail project. This would have allowed the ...

Rail and metro investment is back on the agenda across a swathe of Central and South America. However, as legal specialist Elvira Palomino Alarcón explains, understanding how best to regulate these ...

NETHERLANDS: The city of Den Haag has issued a report calling for the reintroduction of a direct passenger service to and from Brussels by 2029. Officials are hoping to link the Dutch seat of ...

This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. Light rail project promoter Austin Transit Partnership has selected the Kiewit Austin Partnership joint venture of Kiewit Building ...

POLAND: Stadler has delivered the first nine of 75 Flirt electric multiple-units ordered by Warszawa area regional train operator Koleje Mazowieckie, with entry into service on routes from the capital ...

THAILAND: The Rail Technology Research & Development Agency is working on the development of a domestic diesel-electric multiple-unit, RTRDA Chairman Chotchai Charoenngam announced at the Asia Pacific ...

EUROPE: Interrail rail pass company Eurail has partnered with ground transport ticket distribution technology specialist Distribusion to expand access to passholder fares and seat reservations for ...

MEXICO: The national government inaugurated the rail link to Mexico City’s Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles on April 26, extending the Tren Suburbano from Buenavista as part of a broader ...

GERMANY: International investor John Laing Group has entered the German rolling stock leasing market with a deal to finance 61 Siemens Mobility Mireo Plus B battery-electric multiple-units ordered by ...

ROMANIA: Project promoter Bihor judet (county) signed a contract with the Ministry of Investments & European Projects on April 15 to allocate 1.376bn lei of non-reimbursable co-financing towards the ...

European rail industry bodies UNIFE and UNISIG have pushed back against a European Commission-backed study into spiralling onboard ETCS costs, rejecting the idea that limited supplier competition is ...

This week’s news from the global railway supply chain. Rail Baltica project promoter RB Rail is to hold its 2026 Industry Day on April 27. The online event will provide a practical overview of the ...