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Track replacement work near Waterloo East station, London

18.08.2026

What the London Charing Cross Closure Delivered

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

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

Brenner Base Tunnel breakthrough connects the Austrian and Italian main bores 1,400 metres below the pass as excavation advances.

30.07.2026

Brenner Base Tunnel Bores Break Through Austria–Italy Border

AUSTRIA–ITALY: Both main bores of the Brenner Base Tunnel have broken through at the national border, creating the first continuous cross-border railway connection through the future line’s twin tubes.
LTG Cargo diesel locomotive hauling freight wagons in Lithuania

30.07.2026

Lithuania Advances €25m Rūdninkai Military Rail Link

LITHUANIA: Spatial planning has started for the Rūdninkai military rail link, advancing a nearly €25 million project designed to move heavy equipment and personnel through Šalčininkai district.
An ONCF Al Boraq high-speed train standing at Tangier Terminus in Morocco.

30.07.2026

Newcastle–Sydney High-Speed Rail Adviser Appointed

AUSTRALIA: The High Speed Rail Authority has appointed a Keolis-led partnership as the Newcastle–Sydney high-speed rail adviser for business, operations and maintenance during the project’s development phase.
Bletchley station platforms, railway tracks and a train beside the station sign

27.07.2026

Muse Appointed to Lead Bletchley Station Regeneration

UK: Muse will lead Bletchley station regeneration through a mixed-use masterplan agreed with Milton Keynes City Council as the town prepares for the arrival of East West Rail.
Marmaray commuter train standing at Halkalı station in Istanbul

27.07.2026

North Istanbul Railway Tender Scheduled for 14 October

TÜRKİYE: The North Istanbul railway tender is scheduled for 14 October, covering a 122. 3 km double-track line that will connect both of the city’s airports and cross the Bosphorus.
A Luas tram at Charlemont stop in Dublin, the planned southern terminus of MetroLink.

27.07.2026

Dublin MetroLink Cost Estimate Could Reach €19 Billion

IRELAND: The Dublin MetroLink cost estimate could reach €19 billion as the Government prepares an autumn decision on whether to invite construction tenders for the planned 19 km automated line.
Modernized Metro de Medellín train entering Caribe station

26.07.2026

Work Starts on Colombia’s First Underground Rail Station

Work has begun on the San Germán underground station in Medellín, a 12-metre-deep facility that the operator says will become the first underground rail station in Colombia.
Poland and Spain Expand High-Speed Rail Cooperation

26.07.2026

Poland and Spain Expand High-Speed Rail Cooperation

Poland and Spain have expanded high-speed rail cooperation through a three-year agreement between Port Polska and ADIF covering railway planning, construction, testing, commissioning and infrastructure management.
San Jose BART Tunnel Machine Passes Factory Test

26.07.2026

San Jose BART Tunnel Machine Is Complete in Germany

Herrenknecht has completed factory acceptance of the nearly 54-foot San Jose BART tunnel machine in Germany, although VTA has not announced when it will ship to California.
Dark monsoon clouds over rain-soaked fields viewed during a Western Railway journey in India.

26.07.2026

Thane Bullet Train Flooding Concerns Prompt Survey

Thane’s civic authority has opened a fresh drainage survey after local representatives alleged that Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train construction between Mhatardi and Betawade worsened monsoon waterlogging for farms and nearby homes.
PKP Awards Opoczno Południe Station Building Contract

26.07.2026

PKP Awards Opoczno Południe Station Building Contract

PKP has awarded a PLN 8. 2 million design-and-build contract for the first dedicated Opoczno Południe station building, with completion scheduled for the first half of 2028.
Electrified tracks and platforms 1 and 2 at Kazipet railway station

25.07.2026

SCR Completes 203-Km Kazipet–Balharshah Third Line

South Central Railway has completed 203 km of tripling and electrification on the Kazipet–Balharshah corridor, an approximately Rs 3,000 crore project intended to relieve a key north–south route in India.