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CPKC locomotive 9375 in the railway’s red livery

22.08.2026

CPKC and IBEW Binding Arbitration Agreement Ends Strike

Brightline West groundbreaking ceremony in Las Vegas

22.08.2026

Brightline West Financing Deadline Moves to September 10

Overturned Union Pacific railcars after the Central El Paso derailment

22.08.2026

Four Union Pacific Train Derailments Hit Texas

LiDAR Innovation Advances Rail Corridor Monitoring

16.08.2026

Brightline Cuts SoFlo Fares to $15 on Weekends

USA: Brightline is offering $15 one-way SMART fares between its five South Florida stations on weekends — the latest move in a fare strategy the operator has leaned on for months to keep short-haul ridership growing.
Five empty CSX railcars derailed in Worcester, Massachusetts on Aug. 14, caught live on a streaming rail camera. No injuries; cause under investigation.

16.08.2026

CSX Train Derails Five Cars in Worcester, Mass

USA: Five empty CSX railcars came off the tracks in downtown Worcester late Friday night — and a local streaming camera caught the whole thing on video.
TxDOT will use over $755 million in federal grants to eliminate 12 dangerous grade crossings across eight Texas counties, the largest single-state award nationwide.

16.08.2026

Texas Wins $755M to Eliminate 12 Rail Crossings

USA: Texas is getting more federal rail-safety money than any other state or local recipient in the country's latest funding round — over $755 million to eliminate 12 dangerous grade crossings from El Paso to Houston.
Amtrak Midwest Lincoln Service train leaving Chicago with a Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive.

16.08.2026

FRA Awards $5.3B to Upgrade US Passenger Rail

USA: The Federal Railroad Administration is putting $5. 3 billion behind new Amtrak trainsets, a rebuilt Midwest maintenance base and hundreds of dangerous grade crossings — the largest single passenger-rail funding round of the year, spread across 23 states.
SRT high-speed train at Daejeon Station in South Korea

15.08.2026

South Korea Merges KTX and SRT, Cuts High-Speed Fares From September

SOUTH KOREA: The competition authority has cleared KORAIL to take over SR's high-speed rail business and the government's 58.
VR double-decker InterCity train at Helsinki Central station in Finland

14.08.2026

Passenger Gives Birth Aboard Finnish Train, Ambulance Waiting at Next Stop

FINLAND: A woman went into labour and gave birth aboard VR's IC49 service from Helsinki to Vaasa on Tuesday evening — a birth that unfolded not in a hospital, but between two stations, with train staff and at least one fellow passenger stepping in before medical help could arrive.
Rail vehicle interior displayed at InnoTrans 2024 with two visitors inside the carriage.

14.08.2026

InnoTrans 2026 Shows How Train Interiors Are Being Designed for Maintenance

GERMANY: Wall-mounted seats and tool-free floor fasteners heading to InnoTrans 2026 put a practical issue behind passenger-facing design into focus: how easily a train interior can be cleaned, repaired and have worn components replaced.
How Ukrzaliznytsia detected a drone threat, ordered a stop and evacuated 340 passengers after a fatal locomotive strike in Odesa region.

14.08.2026

Drone warning, stop order, fatal strike: how 340 passengers were evacuated in Odesa region

UKRAINE: Ukrzaliznytsia detected a drone threat and ordered a passenger train in the Odesa region to stop for evacuation, but a jet-powered Shahed changed course before the locomotive crew could fully halt the train and get clear; the driver and his assistant were killed, while all 340 passengers — including 67 children — survived without injury.
South Western Railway Class 159 unit 159005 at Salisbury station

14.08.2026

SWR Overhauls Class 158/159 Fleet as Replacement Plan Waits on National Strategy

UNITED KINGDOM: South Western Railway is overhauling its ageing Class 158/159 diesels while a five-year lease covering 39 units runs to 2030, engine and wheelset failures cut availability, and the replacement plan remains tied to a forthcoming national strategy.
Warren County backed the Scranton–New York passenger rail plan, but PennDOT says 2028 service is not feasible as federal Step 2 planning continues.

14.08.2026

Warren County Backs Scranton–New York Rail; PennDOT Says 2028 Service Is Not Feasible

UNITED STATES: Warren County has formally backed restoring passenger rail through Blairstown, but PennDOT says the Scranton–New York corridor has no confirmed opening timeline and that service in 2028 is not feasible under the current federal development path.
Amtrak trains waiting in Sunnyside Yard in Queens, New York

14.08.2026

Sunnyside Yard’s 12,000-Home Revival Still Has No Federal Commitment for Its $21 Billion Deck

USA: New York City is seeking more than $21 billion in federal grants to deck over Sunnyside Yard for 12,000 affordable homes, but months after the proposal was pitched to President Donald Trump, the project remains in talks with no confirmed federal funding commitment.
ARTC will deploy 250+ workers across 43 sites on the Hunter Valley and North Coast, with bridge, signal, track and defect work set for 22–24 August.

14.08.2026

ARTC Targets Rail Delays in 43-Site Blitz After 10 Speed Restrictions Lifted

AUSTRALIA: ARTC will deploy more than 250 workers across 43 sites during a 46-hour Hunter Valley and North Coast shutdown on 22–24 August, with ARTC’s finalised work documents showing a maintenance program that reaches from bridge and culvert repairs to signalling defects, ballast work and rail-condition repairs.