Japan: Delays and demographic dilemmas hinder Hokkaido Shinkansen ambition
Geological difficulties have delayed the completion of the Hokkaido Shinkansen extension to Sapporo beyond 2030, while JR Hokkaido is considering the deployment of 160 to 200 km/h EMUs on its 1 067 mm network, as well as bus replacements for loss-making rural routes. Mike Bent investigates.
Second generation Citylink tram-train arrives in Chemnitz
GERMANY: The first of 19 second-generation Stadler Citylink tram-trains ordered by Mittelsachsen transport authority VMS for use around Chemnitz has been delivered for testing.
Contract to fit out and operate Melbourne’s Suburban Loop awarded
AUSTRALIA: Project promoter Suburban Rail Loop Authority has awarded a A$6·7bn Linewide contract package to supply rolling stock, fit out and then operate the Suburban Rail Loop East in Melbourne.
Siemens Mobility signs Vietnamese high speed rail co-operation agreement
VIETNAM: Siemens Mobility has signed a framework agreement with a local partner to develop two planned high speed rail lines as turnkey projects.
EMUs and freight locos shipped as Malaysia’s East Coast link nears completion
MALAYSIA: CRRC Dalian has dispatched the first two of 11 electric multiple-units and two of 12 electric freight locomotives it is supplying for Malaysia’s 665 km East Coast Rail Link.
Moskva-2026 metro train enters service
RUSSIA: The first TMH Metrovagonmash Moskva-2026 trainset has entered passenger service on Line 2 of the capital’s metro network.
Hyundai Rotem high speed trainset on its way to Uzbekistan
Investments not promises as Slovenian operator orders long-distance trains
Škoda to supply BEMUs to Latvia
‘Five firsts’ celebrated at Tuxford as UK rail sector seeks role in hydrogen economy
Swiss regulator seeks dialogue with ERA as court blocks wagon safety changes
SNCF Voyageurs orders CAF trainsets for Région Sud contract
Verona locomotive maintenance centre to capitalise on expected modal shift to rail
Freightliner orders 150 intermodal wagons to a new WH Davis design
Hydrogen transport container developed to support green steel ambitions
Sound Transit's 1 Line reaches Federal Way as major fleet procurement to launch next year
Supreme Railways unveils EMU-320 high speed train
Freight: Rolling laboratory supports innovation
KiwiRail locos included in Traxtion’s South African rolling stock investment
Bozankaya delivers first tram to Napoli
Battery train agreement signed as a ‘fast and realistic’ path to zero-emissions
Aarhus Letbane orders tram-trains with batteries for winter operation
Melbourne Metro Tunnel opens with a celebration and free travel
Stadler appeals against SBB’s selection of Siemens for SFr2bn train contract