China-backed Tazara revitalisation officially launched
AFRICA: A US$1·4bn project to revitalise the 1 860 km Tanzania – Zambia Railway was officially launched during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema.
Offsite works accelerate Dublin tram bridge replacement
IRELAND: Midland Steel Group supplied and installed its FasterFix offsite rebar system to accelerate the replacement of the George’s Dock Bridge on Dublin’s Luas light rail network.
Santiago – Melipilla signalling contract awarded as civil works start
CHILE: Construction has begun on the 61 km Santiago – Melipilla suburban rail project, and a contract has been let to deliver ETCS Level 2 train control along the route.
LNER’s ERTMS driver training app enhanced
UK: LNER and Velociti Solutions have updated their ERTMS driver-machine interface training app to provide train drivers with more realistic simulations, more accurate screen layouts and additional scenarios.
Melbourne Metro Tunnel opens with a celebration and free travel
AUSTRALIA: Limited revenue services started through Melbourne’s 9 km Metro Tunnel with a ceremony on November 30, attended by Premier of the Sate of Victoria Jacinta Allan and state Minister for Transport Infrastructure Gabrielle Williams.
British Steel wins Turkish and Australian export orders
INTERNATIONAL: British Steel has won orders to export rail from its Scunthorpe steelworks to Turkey and steel sleepers to Australia.
Research: AŽD Praha's autonomous train is on track
Australia: Untangling Sydney’s complex suburban network
California formally launches procurement of high speed trackwork and railway systems
Nairobi Railway City technical assistance contract market engagement begins
Freight sector calls for the same political attention as high speed rail
Construction of Bilbao freight bypass to resume this year
France backs South African rail freight decarbonisation
CAF demonstrates CBTC over private 5G network in Bilbao
Plasser & Theurer wins large order for digitalised tampers
Ethiopian Railways seeks to be the logistics hub of the Horn of Africa
Asset management platform to include ‘dark territory’ broken rail monitoring
DB InfraGO orders ‘green steel’ rails
EIB approves loan for Madrid – Irún high speed project
Adapazarı tramway works to start this year
Scottish government scales back electrification ambition to focus on fleet renewal
Australia: Melbourne’s Suburban Loop reaches lift-off
Interview: ‘We are waking Merseyrail up’
First section of Indian high speed railway to open in 2027