The Railway Industry Association (RIA) and the Northern Rail Industry Leaders (NRIL) have criticised the UK Government’s decision to cut Transport for the North’s (TfN) 2021/2022 budget by 40%, from...
Before the UK went into its first lockdown in March last year, the largest rail franchise in the country, Govia…
Rail Operations (UK) has reached a framework agreement with Swiss manufacturer Stadler for the delivery of 30 Class 93 tri-mode locomotives. The new locomotives will…
JSM Construction Group has secured a $34m contract from Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) for the completion of civil works at Hume station on the…
Siemens Mobility and Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels have signed an MoU, along with local firms Orascom Construction and The…
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) and the Northern Rail Industry Leaders (NRIL) have criticised the UK Government’s decision to cut…
Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has announced that its Citadis X05 trams have commenced passenger service on Kaohsiung’s South Circular Light…
The Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation (BST) joint venture has secured a contract from China State Railway Group (CHINA RAILWAY) to…
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…
The concept of Hyperloop transportation holds the potential to rapidly accelerate tourism connectivity if the idea can jump over barriers related to planning permission and construction. If globally adopted, this…
In this special Yearbook edition of Future Rail, we take a look back at some of the highlights from another...
The UK government has banned Chinese technology firm Huawei from providing telecommunications equipment to the UK’s mobile 5G network from the start of 2021.
UK rail budget takes hit in latest government Spending Review
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…