Railways

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a tender for the East Midlands franchise, which will run from August 2019 until August 2027, and started consultation for the new Cross-Country franchise.   Abellio, Arriva and incumbent Stagecoach were shortlisted to bid last year, while a joint venture of First Group ...

Thales has secured a contract to deliver the European Train Control System (ETCS) on two sections of the Bangkok Red Line network in Thailand.   The State Railway of Thailand (SRT), the country’s main rail operator, has proposed the development of the Red Line commuter train system in order to ...

  ETIHAD Rail has awarded a project management consultancy contract to Egis, France, to assist with the expansion of the existing 264km line linking Ruwais and Habshan on the Persian Gulf with Shah.   Etihad Rail plans to build more than 600km in Stage 2 and a further 250km under ...

A new section of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line in India is set to begin commercial operations from next week.   The new 25.6km-long Janakpuri West–Kalkaji Mandir Metro corridor comprises 16 stations and is the longest stretch to be opened in Delhi Metro’s Phase 3.   This section of the Magenta ...

Locomotives and rail equipment manufacturer JSC Transmashholding (Transmashholding) has partnered with Hitachi to produce traction inverters for passenger trains in Russia. Under the agreement, both companies will set up a joint venture (JV), ‘TMH Traction Systems’, which will manufacture these high-performance traction inverters. Transmashholding will hold 51% of the JV ...

California Transportation Commission has granted $703.6m in SB-1 funding for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) in the US. Recently, the California Transportation Agency (CalSTA) also announced its SB-1 grant to fund transit and intercity rail capital improvements, with $1.088bn having been allocated for Metro. California has received ...

BOMBARDIER has launched a real-time passenger load display on Singapore’s Downtown Line (DTL) using the line’s existing Train Control Monitoring System (TCMS) following the completion of testing by Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA). The system informs passengers waiting on station platforms about the distribution of passengers on the next train ...

Saudi-American joint venture Savage Saudi Arabia has delivered seven locomotives and two locomotive booster units to Saudi Arabia’s Eastern and Northern Provinces to support railway operations. These locomotives and booster units, delivered from the US, will support the rail operations at Saudi Aramco and Ma’aden Wa’ad Al-Shamal Phosphate Company (MWSPC) ...