SLOVAKIA: National operator ZSSK and Fairtiq are to pilot mobile pay-as-you-go ticketing with the aim of simplifying access ...

An advanced camera-laser scanning system and accurate location positioning allows for more consistent inspection of switches ...

CANADA: Toronto Transit Commission has cancelled a competitive tender for the supply of metro trainsets in favour of a single ...

UK: Great Western Railway has awarded Alstom a £75m eight-year Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement for the 26 Class ...

SWITZERLAND: Appenzeller Bahnen has applied to the Federal Office of Transport for permission to convert its 1·96 km Rheineck ...

POLAND: City transport operator MPK Kraków has awarded Pesa Bydgoszcz a firm contract to supply 30 Twist 3.0 trams, which ...

INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has commissioned feasibility studies for three commuter lines and detailed project reports into ...

ITALY: RFI has awarded a €1·6bn contract for the construction of a 22·2 km double-track connection mostly in tunnel between ...

UK: Great Western Railway has set a world record for the furthest distance travelled by a battery-electric train on a single ...

UK: Worksop-based Explore has divested its Civil Plant & Tool Hire division as part of a strategy to focus on its Transport ...

USA: The Northstar commuter rail service from Big Lake into Minneapolis is to be replaced by buses after riders failed to ...

AFRICA: Construction of a railway from Uvinza in Tanzania to Musongati in Burundi has been officially launched by President ...