USA: Amtrak’s first two Airo push-pull trainsets entered passenger services on the Cascades route in the Pacific Northwest on September 30. The new trainsets supplied by Siemens Mobility are scheduled ...

Gauteng Provincial Government has awarded the Sihamba Sonke Mobility consortium the next contract to operate, maintain and refurbish the 80 km Gautrain passenger rail network connecting Pretoria, ...

SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng Provincial Government has awarded the Sihamba Sonke Mobility consortium the next contract to operate, maintain and refurbish the 80 km Gautrain passenger rail network connecting ...

INNOTRANS: With digital signalling infrastructure moving towards a more centralised architecture, Frauscher Sensortechnik has been developing its IP-based Frauscher Advanced Platform to support a ...

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USA: The Gateway Development Commission held a celebration at Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen on September 29 to mark the start of boring work for the Hudson Tunnel project to excavate a second pair ...

SENEGAL: Dakar’s Train Express Régional service was extended 19 km to Blaise Diagne International Airport on 28. The opening comes shortly before the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. The inauguration ...

With public finances across much of the world coming under increasing pressure, rail operators must increasingly ensure that upgrades to their trains and their services are an effective use of money.

INNOTRANS: ‘It is essential for the future talent pipeline to involve youth now’, 16-year-old InnoTrans ambassador Adam El Rafey said at the 2026 Railway Influencer Festival. The UAE’s youngest ...

UKRAINE: Ukrzaliznytsia CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi told European rail leaders at InnoTrans 2026 in Berlin that Ukraine’s experience should be a warning for their own long-term resilience strategies.

EUROPE: FlixTrain is to install more than 40 000 Vela Pax seats from Polish manufacturer Recaro Rail across its existing fleet and new trains. The first series deliveries began this year, and the ...

This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. Construction of the underground metro station at Manila‘s Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 and connecting tunnels was ...