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Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe at the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail groundbreaking ceremony

31.08.2026

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project Cost Doubles

JR Kyushu 800 Series Shinkansen entering Kumamoto Station

31.08.2026

Kyushu Shinkansen Reopening Planned for September 18

Airport Rail Link train at Phaya Thai Station in Bangkok

28.08.2026

Airport Rail Link operations await September decision

Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe at the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail groundbreaking ceremony

31.08.2026

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project Cost Doubles

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is now estimated to cost around Rs 2. 1 lakh crore, compared with the original projection of about Rs 1.
Auckland train at Karanga-a-Hape Station on the City Rail Link

31.08.2026

Auckland City Rail Link Opens to Passengers September 13

The Auckland City Rail Link will begin carrying passengers on Sunday, 13 September, following public preview events and a programme of emergency response testing ahead of the start of operations.
Works at the future 14-Bis-Saracura station in São Paulo

31.08.2026

14-Bis-Saracura Station Halted by Archaeological Finds

The 14-Bis-Saracura station construction halt follows the discovery of additional archaeological remains at the São Paulo Metro Line 6-Orange site in Bela Vista, central São Paulo.
Amtrak Sunnyside Yard maintenance facility groundbreaking in New York

29.08.2026

Amtrak Sunnyside Yard maintenance facility underway

The Amtrak Sunnyside Yard maintenance facility has entered major construction in Long Island City, New York. Designed to support the introduction of Airo trainsets, the project will also improve maintenance operations that support millions of passenger trips across the Northeast each year.
Edmonton Valley Line light rail vehicles during testing

28.08.2026

Edmonton Construction Delays Affect Two LRT Projects

Edmonton construction delays linked to record summer rainfall are affecting LRT projects, road upgrades and land development across the city, while the municipality faces an estimated $42 million in public-sector losses that are not expected to be covered by insurance.
California High-Speed Rail construction in Kern County

28.08.2026

California High-Speed Rail Route Meets 1,200-Home Plan

The California high-speed rail route through Shafter is in direct conflict with a proposed 1,200-home development on land that also lies within the state rail authority’s approved route.
Platforms at Box Hill railway station in Melbourne

25.08.2026

Suburban Rail Loop savings: About Half Identified

AUSTRALIA: The Victorian Government says around A$1 billion of its A$2 billion Suburban Rail Loop savings target has been identified, with further contract awards waiting on a technical review.
FrontRunner commuter train at North Temple Bridge station in Salt Lake City, Utah

20.08.2026

FrontRunner 2X Is Argued on 2034 and Costed to 2050

USA: Utah's FrontRunner is planned to run every 15 minutes at peak after the 2X double-tracking project is completed around 2030 — giving the upgraded railway roughly three to four years of operation before the 2034 Winter Olympics, while its demand forecasts extend to 2050.
Duddeston Junction Viaduct under construction beside the live railway in Birmingham

20.08.2026

Half of HS2’s Longest Curzon Viaduct Won’t Be Slid at All

UK: HS2 has launched the first 170 metres of the Duddeston Junction Viaduct over two freight tracks in Birmingham, beginning a multi-stage operation that will eventually cross six working railway lines.
California High-Speed Rail elevated guideway under construction in the Central Valley

20.08.2026

California Cut $1B by Building Less, Watchdog Finds

USA: California high-speed rail cut about $2 billion from the ends of its first operating segment, but cost increases elsewhere left its cost estimate only about $1 billion lower.
Construction site of the Jintang undersea tunnel cutter replacement operation

19.08.2026

How China’s “Deep-Sea Space Station” Cracked an Undersea Rail Problem

CHINA: Crews completed 21 days of cutter maintenance beneath the seabed in the world's longest undersea high-speed rail tunnel, remaining under pressure between shifts to avoid repeated decompression.
BART Silicon Valley Phase II project team at a construction site

19.08.2026

A $12.7B BART Project Faces a Financial Reckoning

USA: The $12. 7 billion BART Silicon Valley extension faces a Sept.