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£49 million signalling works: Alstom upgrades key route

08.01.2026

£49 million signalling works complete on Portsmouth Direct line

Shinkansen extensions under scrutiny in Japan’s rail review

04.01.2026

Shinkansen extensions under scrutiny as Japan weighs next steps

Battery electric locomotives in Australia for heavy haul

26.12.2025

Battery electric locomotives in Australia enter service

03.02.2023

RSSB will use AI to predict the condition of low-adhesion rails

The Rail Safety and Standards Board is collaborating with the University of Sheffield to develop an AI-powered tool to help predict low-adhesion track conditions.

02.02.2023

FLOW footbridge is alternative to foot rail crossings

A prototype fibre-reinforced polymer footbridge has been unveiled in the UK. The bridge is low cost, streamlined and designed to provide an affordable replacement for pedestrian crossings, Railway Supply reports citing the Railway Gazette.

31.01.2023

Tests of diesel trains running on biofuel were successful

The National Society of Railways of France (SNCF) announced the successful completion of tests of 15 regional diesel trains that ran on biofuel derived from rapeseed.

26.01.2023

Network Rail prepares to modernize telecommunications infrastructure

UK rail infrastructure operator Network Rail, through its subsidiary Network Rail Telecom (NRT), is implementing a program to modernize its communications networks.

25.01.2023

Motor towers for maintenance of the contact network

Europten has received the first two of three Plasser & Theurer MTW 100. 216 motor towers for use in electrification and maintenance projects in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

23.01.2023

The first tests of the Hyperloop transport system took place in China

The Chinese aerospace corporation CASIC has conducted the first tests of a full-sized maglev capsule that moves in a pipeline with rarefied air.

19.01.2023

RFI names onboard ETCS suppliers for Italian trains

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has named Hitachi, France's MERMEC STE, Caterpillar subsidiary ProgressRail and Alstom as four companies to supply and install ETCS on-board equipment for rolling stock using Italy's SCMT signaling system in train cabs.

19.01.2023

AŽD Praha offers Estonia an alternative to Russian equipment

Estonian railway infrastructure operator Eesti Raudtee has signed a contract with AŽD Praha for the supply of 800 point machines, Railway Supply magazine reports citing the Railway Gazette.

16.01.2023

Stadler equips track machines in Germany with ETCS

DB Netz, the operator of the German railway infrastructure (DB), has signed a contract with Stadler for the retrofitting of 80 track and overhead machines with Guardia on-board devices that implement the functions of the European train control system ETCS according to the base version 3.

12.01.2023

Greenbrier completes testing of automatic hopper car loading hatch

Greenbrier has completed testing of the hopper car's automatic loading hatch. The tests continued for three years.

11.01.2023

Railway tunnel under the Baltic Sea to connect Helsinki with Tallinn

The idea of building a tunnel for high-speed trains between Finland and Estonia is still alive. The project has found a Chinese investor.

09.01.2023

British Ministry of Transport wants to use solar energy for train traction

Siemens Mobility, the University of York and British Solar Renewables have been selected to carry out two contracts to develop and test new solutions for railway traction power supply.