At this year’s International Railway Summit – a meeting of some of the world’s key rail sector professionals, buyers, and technical experts – panellists discussed the impacts that the pandemic...
Eight months after the European Commission first proposed it, the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement to declare…
The UK’s Network Rail has completed a £3.7m upgrade project on the Wakefield railway bridge in Crofton, which was built more than 140 years ago.…
Australia's New South Wales (NSW) Government has shortlisted three consortia to execute the new metro railway line tunnelling works, which will operate between Greater Western…
Hitachi Rail has signed a contract with its technological partner Trafikverket (Ester) for the deployment of its ERTMS level 2…
The UK Government has launched the next stage of Rail Project SPEED, with the aim of challenging the rail industry…
The UK Government has allocated approximately £59m to projects that will help in the opening of five new West Midlands…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a new €50m loan to Ukraine for the acquisition of…
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…