Jan 23, 2025 · Operator says maintaining a strong ORR when creating Great British Railways is vital if open access and the wider railway are to grow.

While the mood music at Ausrail 2024 was positive, reflecting an Australian market buoyed up by public-sector investment, suppliers told Mark Simmons that they are keeping a watchful eye on how globalisation could affect their business.

Nov 18, 2024 · DESPITE slower than expected economic growth, with the rise in GDP forecast to dip below 5% this year, and the long-lasting effects of Covid-19, China’s programme to develop a comprehensive nationwide network of high-speed lines, connecting all major population centres, with trains designed for ever-higher speeds, continues apace, with over 2100 route-km completed on eight projects in 2023 ...

Oct 18, 2024 · A new high-speed rail network is emerging from the sands of Egypt, over 2000km in length and connecting cities with hitherto remote regions. The network being built by consortium leader Siemens Mobility and its partners, Orascom Construction and The Arab Contractors, is set to transform the country’s transport landscape and become the …

Dec 31, 2024 · MARK Wild, who on December 2 took over as CEO of HS2 Ltd, the state-owned company responsible for the construction of the 225km, 360km/h line linking London and Birmingham, is leading a wide-ranging review of the project which will report in …

Jan 3, 2025 · AECOM has been selected by Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) as delivery partner for the first phase of its proposed light rail project in Texas.

Aug 12, 2024 · In its bi-annual report on the current health of the global railway market, released in time for InnoTrans, SCI Verkehr projects steady growth of 4% over the next five years, as managing partner, Maria Leenen, and senior manager, Andreas Wolf, explain.

Dec 23, 2024 · Modernisation of the 224km Luxor - Aswan High Dam line, involving new control systems and the installation of electronic signalling and automatic barriers at 70 level crossings, is intended to improve safety and reduce headways to increase passenger and freight capacity as well as raising the maximum line speed from 120km/h to 160km/h.

Dec 16, 2024 · Plans by Ares Enterprises to build a 350km mixed-traffic railway in the Dominican Republic are rapidly gaining momentum. The company intends to start the tendering process in 2025, as David Briginshaw explains.

Dec 20, 2024 · THE open-cast coal mine operated by Glencore company Cerrejón in the La Guajira region of Colombia is one of the largest in the world. To get its coal to market, Cerrejón relies on a 145km heavy-haul railway that connects with the export terminal at Puerto Bolívar.