USA: FRA requires cameras on passenger trains, but the rule doesn't include freight trains
The new rule is a significant step forward for passenger rail safety, but it does not require audio recorders on freight trains.
The new rule is a significant step forward for passenger rail safety, but it does not require audio recorders on freight trains.
RFG is worried about the implications of HS2 trains sharing existing tracks, particularly the West Coast Main Line, which is crucial for freight operations.
The Norwegian Railway Directorate and Bane NOR have outlined four primary objectives for the upcoming National Transport Plan (NTP) 2025-2036.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the northern leg of HS2 to Manchester and Liverpool will be scrapped, and the entire funding of £36 billion will be redirected to a series of projects now called Network North.
Two infrastructure divisions of DB, one taking care of the railway network (DB Netz) and the other responsible for stations and services (DB Station&Service) will merge from 1.1.2024 into a single DB company.
The subsidies aim to contribute to decarbonising freight transport and rebalancing the modal distribution to increase the weight of trains.
Governments of India, the US, Saudi Arabia, the European Union, the UAE, France, Germany and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the India – Middle East – Europe Economic Corridor.
The new agreement between the Argentinian Ministry of Transport and three agricultural business companies, Trenes Argentinos Cargas will get funding to modernise four locomotives and purchase 180 new wagons.
As approved by the state of Ukraine, a railway line in the south of Moldova, which passes through Ukraine, will simplify border crossing procedures to make cargo transport through this line faster.
Georgia Central Railways and the Heart of Georgia Railroad, both under the umbrella of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), have approached the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval to trial a zero-emission rail-freight technology developed by Parallel Systems on selected segments of their rail networks.
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Swiss railways will be most developed between agglomerations; the Lötschberg base tunnel will get two tracks in its entire length.
The first 800 tonnes of goods by a new intermodal connection arrived on August 2 2023 in Vietnamese Hanoi.
Northern Trains are looking for a supplier of new rolling stock and maintenance support service with a planned framework agreement for up to 450 new trains.
The North-South Railroad (Ferrovia Norte-Sul) stretches 2,257 km from the port of Idaki in the north to the port of Santos near São Paulo in the south.
GB Railfreight (GBRf) signed a 7-year contract with Transport Scotlant to provide motive power for Caledonian Sleeper – an overnight service connecting London with Scotland.
The proposal would require railroads to maintain and update real-time electronic information about hazardous materials shipments, accessible to authorized emergency response personnel.
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has awarded a contract to a South Korean consortium to design the High-Speed Railway line connecting Katowice and the Polish-Czech border.
Ukrzaliznytsia helps SBU (Ukrainian intelligence service) arrest Russian agent who wanted to blow up railway facilities and disrupt the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counter-offensive. The traitor is now in custody. He faces life imprisonment.
Swiss intermodal wagons leasing company MFD Rail is procuring up to 600 wagons platforms to provide them for Rail Cargo Group’s plans to transport more waste by rail.