PORTUGAL: The European Commission has authorised Metropolitano de Lisboa to move ahead with awarding the contract for Lisbon’s Violet light rail line, but only after a Mota-Engil-led consortium ...

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 ...

NORWAY: Implementing measures to maximise capacity and performance would enable Oslo’s T-banen metro to handle predicted ridership growth through to 2050 without the need to build another costly cross ...

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

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

UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board's Industry Leadership Group has agreed to Network Rail's request to stop the provision of signal post telephones during resignalling works, starting with a ...

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

INTERNATIONAL: Alstom has acquired Cummins' hydrogen fuel cell activities dedicated to rail, including the engineering, product and support capabilities used in Alstom's hydrogen train fleets.

USA: Siemens Mobility officially opened its $220m passenger rolling stock manufacturing and rail services centre in Lexington, North Carolina. USA: Siemens Mobility officially opened its $220m ...

USA: The city of Portland's Bureau of Transportation has selected CAF USA to supply 15 battery-equipped Urbos trams.

The number of fully automated metro lines in China is increasing rapidly as cities seek to accommodate urban growth by improving efficiency and increasing capacity through higher frequencies. Toma ...

IRAN: Construction of a 175 km line from Mianeh north to Ardabil was completed at the end of 2025, connecting Ardabil province to the national rail network. The route passes through mountainous ...