ORCATS, a legacy ticket allocation system, has been causing several issues for the British rail industry. We spoke to James Bain, CEO at payment and transactional services company Worldline, to...
Eight months after the European Commission first proposed it, the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement to declare…
Knorr-Bremse has secured an order to supply Stadler Deutschland with braking, entrance and climate control (HVAC) systems, which will be used for 606 new metro…
Siemens Mobility and the UK's Transport for London (TfL) have revealed the detailed design of the new Piccadilly line Tube trains, which will soon be…
Furniture brand Godrej Interio has secured contracts for three metro projects in the Indian cities of Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kochi.…
The Indian state of Gujarat has allocated Rs15bn ($205m) for the development of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train. Gujarat finance minister…
Japan-based Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipped out six rolling stock cars for Bangladesh’s Dhaka MRT Line-6 from Kobe Port. These railcars…
Australia's Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) has extended the System Integrator contract for the Digital Systems Programme with the…
The UK Government has cut £1bn from the rail infrastructure budget in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s latest Spending Review. The announcement of cuts comes after chancellor Rishi Sunak promised record infrastructure…
In China, there are 1.4 billion tourists that have very limited international options for travel, meaning domestic tourism has been able to thrive. Domestic travel is the driver of Chinese…
Railway Technology lists five of the most popular tweets on railways in Q3 based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform. The top tweets were chosen from influencers as tracked by…
We spoke to Thales high-speed rail director David Taylor about how technology can be used to make high-speed networks more...
The UK Railway Industry Association (RIA) has expressed its concern over the lack of a government update on the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) after...
In this issue: the European year of rail, the impact of Covid-19 on heritage railways, Australian rail innovation and more.
In this special Yearbook edition of Future Rail, we take a look back at some of the highlights from another year of industry news and...
Joe Biden could revitalise America’s crumbling railway network
US President Biden has the opportunity to reverse the fortunes of the country’s ailing rail network and spark the second great railway revolution. America’s railways are expected to see an uptick…