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STM Azur train at Beaubien station on Montreal Metro’s Orange Line

24.08.2026

Montreal Metro’s 60th Anniversary Gets Four Song Maps

Brightline West groundbreaking ceremony in Las Vegas

22.08.2026

Brightline West Financing Deadline Moves to September 10

A ScotRail Inter7City train in service at Dalwhinnie

20.08.2026

ScotRail’s First July Without Peak Fares Had a Games in It

Blue-and-white Vande Bharat trainset standing beside railway infrastructure.

07.08.2026

Rewa Vande Bharat Adds 598 Seats in Temporary Expansion

INDIA: West Central Railway has added 598 seats to the Rewa–Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat, more than doubling capacity to 1,128 through October 24 under a temporary 16-coach formation.
Elevated Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail track crossing green fields in India.

07.08.2026

Court clears mangrove felling for bullet train power line

INDIA: Bombay High Court has approved mangrove felling needed for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train power line in Palghar, allowing work on a 13.
Kavach driver-machine interface on a Vande Bharat trainset driver’s desk

07.08.2026

Indian Railways Kavach Rollout Reaches 2,633 Route Km

INDIA: Indian Railways’ Kavach rollout has reached 2,633 route km on the Delhi–Mumbai and Delhi–Howrah corridors as the railway’s FY2026-27 safety allocation rises to Rs 1,20,389 crore.
Indian Railways WDG-4 locomotive hauling a container train at Bidar in Karnataka

06.08.2026

Indian Railways Approves One Licence for All Routes

INDIA: Indian Railways has approved a single nationwide licence allowing container train operators to use all network routes, replacing category-based permissions with a uniform ₹25 crore registration fee.
Elevated Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail track crossing green fields in India.

05.08.2026

Bullet Train Power Line Gets Mangrove Clearance in India

INDIA: The Bombay High Court has approved the removal of 847 mangroves and 196 other trees for a 132 kV power line serving the Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train.
Bogibeel rail-and-road bridge in Assam at dusk

04.08.2026

India Border Rail Upgrades Could Get ₹45,000 Crore

INDIA: A proposed ₹45,000 crore program for India border rail upgrades would add tracks, platforms and network reinforcements across frontier states over 18 to 24 months, according to people familiar with the discussions.
A Bihar MEMU train fire engulfed two railcars at Simri Bakhtiyarpur station, but every passenger escaped without injury.

03.08.2026

Simri Bakhtiyarpur Train Fire Damages Two Railcars

INDIA: Passengers escaped without injury after a Bihar MEMU train fire engulfed two railcars at Simri Bakhtiyarpur station, stopping traffic for about two hours early Monday.
Kernex has won a ₹66.62 crore Kavach contract from ICF for onboard equipment, train integration, testing and commissioning.

03.08.2026

Kernex Wins ₹66.62 Crore Kavach Contract for EMU Trains

INDIA: Kernex Microsystems has secured a ₹66. 62 crore Kavach contract from Chennai’s Integral Coach Factory to equip EMU and MEMU trains with onboard automatic train protection technology.
The Danapur–Fatuha rail project will add lines across 29 km, allowing 22 more passenger and 18 more freight trains each day.

03.08.2026

India Approves ₹976 Crore Danapur–Fatuha Rail Project

INDIA: Indian Railways has approved the ₹976 crore Danapur–Fatuha rail project in Bihar, adding capacity for 22 more passenger and 18 more freight trains per day.
The Sarkhej-Dholera rail tender covers a 134 km semi-high-speed double line, Lothal and airport spurs, and full systems work.

02.08.2026

Sarkhej–Dholera rail tender opens at ₹18,901 crore

INDIA: Western Railway has opened a ₹18,901. 68 crore Sarkhej-Dholera rail tender for a new double-track semi-high-speed corridor in Gujarat, with airport and Lothal spurs under a single EPC contract.
Railway tracks, a signal and a Visakhapatnam Junction station sign

01.08.2026

Visakhapatnam Coaching Yard gets ₹299 crore upgrade

INDIA: Indian Railways has approved a ₹299 crore Visakhapatnam Coaching Yard upgrade that will add six platforms and six lines while introducing electronic interlocking and expanded passenger facilities.
Staff unload the donor heart transport container beside the Vande Bharat Express in Gujarat.

01.08.2026

Vande Bharat Carries India’s First Donor Heart by Train

INDIA: Indian Railways completed India’s first donor heart transport by train, using Vande Bharat Express service 20901 from Surat to Ahmedabad for a time-critical transplant at a specialist cardiac centre.