INNOTRANS: Beijing Zongheng Electro-Mechanical Technology has developed a Fully Electric Drive Integrated System which simplifies rolling stock by unifying traction and braking functions and ...

NETHERLANDS: The Amsterdam tram network has been extended, with a three-stop, 1.8 km eastern extension of Route 26 opening from Theo van Goghpark to IJburg Franz Kafkastraat. The extension serves two ...

IRELAND: KeolisAmey Luas has formally taken on operation and maintenance of Dublin’s light rail network. The joint venture assumed full responsibility for the system on September 1, marking the start ...

PORTUGAL: B-Rail’s ambitions to operate long-distance trains competing against state incumbent CP could be affected by Spanish national operator Renfe’s plans to enter the Portuguese market, the would ...

Siemens Mobility has developed Signaling X, a cloud-based architecture aimed at accelerating the roll-out of digital train control technologies in main line and mass transit environments by becoming ...

KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ has awarded Wabtec contracts worth US$4·2bn to supply 300 TE33AT Evolution Series freight locomotives and provide long-term support for new and existing locos. Wabtec ...

The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has ordered seven additional FLIRT Akku battery-electric trains from Stadler, expanding its emission-free regional fleet. The new units, set for delivery in 2028, ...

Automatic Train Operation is the latest addition to a growing portfolio of train control systems which Stadler has built up over the past decade, as the group’s Head of Signalling Marc Trippel ...

GERMANY: Bonn local transport operator SWB Bus und Bahn has temporarily withdrawn 60 of its 75 Stadtbahn light rail vehicles from service following the discovery that some components may be suffering ...

INDIA: US wagon manufacturing and leasing company Trinity Industries has taken a 32% stake in the Touax Texmaco Railcar Leasing joint venture. Trinity CEO & President Jean Savage said the Indian ...