BRAZIL: Monorail Line 17 has opened offering a limited service in São Paulo, providing rail access to Congonhas Airport, and services have also started on Aeromovel peoplemover linking Guarulhos ...

INTERNATIONAL: Alstom CEO Martin Sion has warned that delayed rolling stock projects and weak cash generation had left the group “not at the level you should expect from a market leader,” as the ...

POLAND: Six consortia comprising a total of 17 companies have applied to participate in a competitive dialogue for a contract to build Poland’s first section of high speed railway, Port Polska project ...

NETHERLANDS: The Netherlands’ first real-world deployment of the ERTMS Trackbot has begun on the Northern Lines. Developed by Strukton, AMT, and No Man Trackwork, the robot is now installing balises ...

INNOTRANS: Japan Overseas Railway System Association will participate in InnoTrans 2026 with 18 organsations jointly ...

RUSSIA: A second Moskva tramway 'Diameter' line has opened, creating what operator Moskva Metro claims is the longest urban tram route in the world.

Alstom delivered the first of eight three-car Metropolis trainsets on April 2 to support operation of an extended Santo Domingo Line 2.

No fewer than 11 private freight train operators have been granted conditional access to the Transnet network under the government’s rail reform programme. Market opening offers hope that declining ...

USA: The city of Atlanta’s Department of Aviation has awarded Crystal Mover Services Inc a contract to upgrade the ATL SkyTrain automated peoplemover at Hartsfield-Jackson airport. USA: The city of ...

AUSTRALIA: Test running of the first of 29 Civity electro-diesel multiple-units built by CAF has started on the New South Wales network. AUSTRALIA: Test running has started on the New South Wales ...

Business news from the world rail freight market. Wabtec’s Contagem factory in Brazil has rolled out the first of 26 ES44 diesel locomotives for timber company Arauco, which has also ordered 721 ...