KENYA: Consultancy Systra has undertaken a study into the potential use of battery-powered trains on commuter services ...

UK: The Campaign for Better Transport charity has published a general election manifesto setting out its transport asks for ...

UK: Industry association Rail Forum has published an 'Unleashing the potential of rail: an enabler of economic prosperity' ...

Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel has signed a €42·5m renewable three-year agreement enabling it to lease up to 20 ...

CHINA: The South Ring Section of the Guangzhou - Foshan circular railway opened on May 26, running from Panyu (Guangzhou Nan) ...

UK: Ahead of the July 4 general election the Railway Industry Association has published a manifesto setting out its five main ...

CANADA: The government of Ontario has awarded contracts for infrastructure works to enable the reinstatement of Ontario ...

SOUTH KOREA: Minister of Land, Infrastructure & Transport Park Sang-woo has engaged with businesses to explore options to use ...

SECURITY: Sensonic has added CCTV functionality to its optic fibre based Distributed Acoustic Sensing security system, enabling railways to visually identify trespassers after detecting and locating ...

USA: The Federal Railroad Administration has produced three reports into the safety and performance of trains more than 7 500 ft (2 286 m) in length. Testing found that air brake systems performed ...