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Funkwerk to supply GSM-R handhelds to OBB
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Funkwerk has won a contract from Austrian railway company OBB to supply GSM-R handheld...

Rio Tinto plans autonomous rail network in Western Australia
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Rio Tinto has unveiled a A$518m ($558m) investment plan for a project to run an automated long-distance heavy-haul rail network in Western...

Czech Republic floats tender for EU corridor rail project
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration (SŽDC) has floated a CZK7.5bn ($400.2m) tender to lay a new track between Rokycany and Plzeň in western...

Hima-Sella to provide UK rail line with communications control system
Monday, February 20, 2012 UK-based systems integration company Hima-Sella will deliver a new operational communications control system (CCS) for the Central...

Alstom to deliver additional Regiolis trains to France
Monday, February 20, 2012 French state rail operator SNCF, on behalf of the Pays de la Loire Region, has placed an order with Alstom to supply five Regiolis regional trains from the Coradia Polyvalent range for about...

Russia inaugurates Sochi-Alder rail line
Friday, February 17, 2012 Russia has inaugurated a rail line between Adler and Sochi Airport built at a cost of RUB R9.8bn...

Bombardier's Zefiro high-speed train wins design award
Friday, February 17, 2012 Bombardier Transportation has won the iF Product Design Award and the Good Design Award for its very high speed (VHS) train being developed for railway operators in Europe, Asia and North...

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to build $4.2bn rail project
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have started discussions with private companies to build a $4.5bn, 90km rail line in...

US allocates $2.2bn for 29 rail projects
Thursday, February 16, 2012 The US Transport Department has recomended $2.2bn in funding to begin or advance the construction of 29 major rail and bus rapid transit projects in 15...

QRail awards contract for new phase of Lusail light rail
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Qatar Railways Company (QRail) has entered into a QAR1.95bn ($535.7m) deal with Qatari Diar Vinci Construction (QDVC) to execute the new phase of the light rail transit (LRT) system in the new...

Atkins wins design deal for Oslo metro rail project
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Atkins has won a contract to design the Oslo metro, Norway's rapid transit...

India to complete 66km stretch of dedicated freight corridor by 2014
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 The Indian Government is planning to complete a 66km section of the Rs800bn ($16bn) dedicated freight corridor (DFC) project by early...

Dubai awards tram maintenance contract to Alstom, Cofely Besix
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai has awarded a 13-year contract worth €120m to a consortium of Alstom and Cofely Besix Facility Management for the maintenance of the first phase of...

Chandigarh Metro rail project in India may begin in 2013
Monday, February 13, 2012 Government of Chandigarh in India is planning to start construction of a new Metro rail project from February 2013 which will cost about Rs83.88bn...

Bilfinger Berger secures Berlin underground rail contract
Monday, February 13, 2012 Bilfinger Berger has secured two contracts worth €230m for the construction of an underground railway line in Berlin,...

FCC led consortium wins Romanian rail deal
Friday, February 10, 2012 Romania's national railway company (RFC) has awarded a €246m contract to Spanish construction company FCC to refurbish and upgrade the Sighişoara-Atel section of the Simeria-Braşov railway line,...

Network Rail approves TT electronics plug and play connectors
Friday, February 10, 2012 TT electronics said Network Rail has approved the ABCIRH connector range after a two year programme of testing, assessment and trials at...

Russian Railways, Indonesia sign MoU to build $2.4bn rail line
Thursday, February 09, 2012 Russian Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indonesian Government to build a railway line in the East Kalimantan province at a cost of around...

HIT Rail unveils integrated multichannel rail information system
Thursday, February 09, 2012 Netherlands-based information and data communications firm HIT Rail has launched a multichannel interconnected information system which will provide integrated rail message brokering...

Philippines to seek bids for $1.4bn LRT-1 extension in 2012
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Light Rail Transport Authority of the Philippines is planning to seek bids for Metro Manila's PHP60bn ($1.4bn) Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) project by the first half of...