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The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has finished a nearly 1,400-foot San Clemente rail wall at Mariposa Point, far longer than the 200-foot barrier built after a 2024 landslide.
Twelve planned PKP LHS diesel locomotives, estimated at PLN 350–400 million, have been exempted by the EU from the on-board ETCS requirement before the purchase procedure starts.
Deutsche Bahn's 2027 timetable, which takes effect on 13 December, adds a Hamburg–Munich ICE Sprinter line and more cross-border trains, with no long-distance fare increase for a second year.
Türkiye has opened the 153 km Çerkezköy–Kapıkule high-speed line to the Bulgarian border, but cutting Istanbul–border journeys from four hours to 90 minutes depends on the remaining 76 km.
State investigators have traced the cause of the deadly Adams Fire in Washington Terrace, Utah, to sparks from a Union Pacific brush-cutting attachment that struck steel hardware on the right-of-way.
Amey has won a Network Rail contract to act as system integrator across six projects within Northern Powerhouse Rail Phase One, so they are developed as one railway.
Irish Rail has signed contracts worth about €95 million for Alstom to carry out an ETCS retrofit on up to 176 vehicles across its existing fleet.
The CPKC Holiday Train will stage 182 live shows in 2026, down from the 196 scheduled last year, while adding 10 first-time communities in Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Amtrak will cut Coast Starlight and Pacific Surfliner trains short on Oct. 23–26, turning Coast Starlight trains at Emeryville and busing some Surfliner riders between Los Angeles and Van Nuys.
Four rail cars carrying canola came off the track in a CN derailment near Kenaston, Saskatchewan, on the morning of Monday, 12 October, about 80 km south of Saskatoon.
Eight more CrossCountry Voyager trains will enter service between early 2027 and May 2028, taking the operator's Voyager fleet from 70 to 78, every Voyager owned by Beacon.
ProRail has awarded Strukton Rail the first of two parts of the Rotterdam Noord yard conversion, which will turn a little-used freight yard into sidings for passenger trains.
