Railway Infrastructure

Amtrak rejects Transcontinental Chief after looking over a private proposal that promised a single, continuous New York City–Los Angeles run—rather than the familiar coast-to-coast trip that takes about three days and requires two separate train rides.

FS Group Certares high-speed rail partnership aims to bolster FS’s international high-speed passenger rail ambitions, starting with Trenitalia France.

Financing of the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway was set out in a loan agreement signed on 16 December 2025, as reported on the Kyrgyzstan Cabinet of Ministers website.

Wireless train coupling is at the center of a China wireless rail system trial aimed at moving more freight on the lines already in service.

China high-speed rail network has moved past 50,000 kilometres (31,000 miles) in total operating distance after a new line opened on Friday, as reported by The Economic Times.

The Georgian Railway Modernisation Project has entered service after being officially commissioned, marking a milestone in China–Georgia cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, as reported by Construction World.

The North Carolina state rail plan is out for public comment as the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Rail Division drafts a document aimed at guiding freight and passenger rail development over the next 30 years.

Gdynia Chylonia–Lębork line doubling is moving ahead after Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) signed a EUR 618 million design-and-build contract with Krakow-based ZUE to double the Gdynia Chylonia–Lębork line, according to the PKP PLK press office.

Swietelsky Rail Polska contract in Poland has set a new benchmark for the company after it won a PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) tender under the National Railway Program, as outlined in a Swietelsky AG press release.

Amtrak rejects transcontinental proposal from AmeriStarRail for a coast-to-coast passenger rail route that would link New York to Los Angeles, with a stop in Harrisburg and service to more than a dozen other Pennsylvania communities.

The Quantico Station Improvements Project has received a Grand Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Virginia (ACEC Virginia), as reported by RT&S.

Cycle link to new station plans are moving forward in Wellington. As BBC News reports, Somerset Council says it will spend up to £607,000 in the coming months on work intended to improve travel between the future station and the town centre.