Railway Infrastructure

Systra selected for rail projects after Chile’s national railway company, EFE, tapped the consultancy to support two developments in Santiago and the surrounding metropolitan area, as reported by Railway Pro.

Rohri Railway Station upgrade plans are moving ahead under a cost-sharing arrangement, with the Sindh government and Pakistan Railways each putting up 50% of the project cost, officials said on Monday, as reported by Profit (Pakistan Today).

Angola’s Ministry of Transport has launched the Namibe Corridor concession tender for the operation, management, and maintenance of the corridor, alongside plans for a future rail link to Namibia, as outlined in the Railway Journal tender notice.

Last week, the Ottawa–Montreal high-speed rail segment was confirmed by Transport Canada as the first piece of the proposed Alto High-Speed Rail (HSR) corridor.

Ajmer–Chanderiya doubling project work has gone to SEPC Ltd via a ₹269. 69 crore subcontract for railway infrastructure works in the Ajmer Division of North Western Railway (NWR), as reported by ETInfra.

California high-speed rail funding is now at the heart of a courtroom battle after a US federal judge declined to block the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) lawsuit over the cancellation of more than USD 4 billion for the Los Angeles–San Francisco corridor, as reported by Railway Pro.

Austria’s Koralm Railway opening on December 14 brought the 130km route into full operation. Passenger trains are now running between Graz and Klagenfurt in as little as 41 minutes, as outlined in an ÖBB press release.

BNSF flooding washouts disrupted rail operations across the Pacific Northwest in the second week of December, with Washington seeing the worst impacts, as reported by Railfan & Railroad Magazine.

Alto high-speed rail is set to begin with an Ottawa–Montreal segment, after the federal government confirmed the first phase of Canada’s first high-speed rail line in a Transport Canada news release.

Toronto–Quebec City high-speed rail is gaining momentum as Canada looks for a smoother path to deliver a roughly 600-mile high-speed line, building on the federal Transport Canada overview of the Toronto–Québec City high-speed rail initiative.

Saudi Arabia Qatar high-speed rail plans, outlined by The Media Line, set out a 785-kilometer, all-electric route between Riyadh and Doha.

Algiers Ferry Terminal Renovation is now underway, with the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) starting construction on a major upgrade to one of the region’s key multimodal transit hubs, as reported by Metro Magazine.