The question of whether train guards are still needed in the UK led to a four-year battle between workers and rail operators. Credit: Kai Bossom. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union held a ...

The NOVA Pro train control system will help operators maintain efficiency, with a driver on board to manage the journey and handle incidents. Credit: Stadler. Stadler has received a $500m contract ...

Ansaldo STS is a leading international technology company operating in the global railway and mass-transit transportation business, providing traffic management, planning, train control and signalling ...

£150m ($201m) investment was made in the dual-power locomotives. Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Minister of State for Rail, said: “Major private sector investments like this £150 million commitment to ...

Railways tend to work best when they are reasonably flat and level, but unfortunately for engineers, the world was not formed with railways in mind. Throughout the history of rail, new solutions have ...

The Yonge North Subway Extension is projected to enable more than 90,000 daily trips. Credit: Aecon Group Inc. The North End Connectors consortium has secured a fixed-price C$1.4bn ($1.01bn) contract ...

The total construction cost for the Southeast Gateway Line is expected to surpass $500m. Credit: FlatironDragados. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) has awarded ...

The freight operator is also Ireland’s passenger rail provider. Credit: Marco.Warm/Shutterstock. Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) has signed a framework agreement with W.H Davis, a supplier based in the ...

The first phase will focus on replacing the Class 150, 155, and 156 trains. Credit: Northern Rail. British train operating company Northern Trains has announced plans for a fleet upgrade, potentially ...

DB Cargo UK had previously used the Class 90 locomotives to highlight the rail freight industry’s importance to the UK economy. Credit: DB Cargo UK. DB Cargo UK, one of the UK’s largest rail freight ...

Bombardier- Downer EDI JV has supplied 78 B-series EMUs over the last 15 years for Western Australia’s PTA. Credit: Bombardier Transportation. A joint venture (JV) comprising Bombardier Transportation ...

Seoul subway serving the Seoul Metropolitan Area is the longest subway system in the world. The total route length of the system extended as far as 940km as of 2013. The first line of the subway was ...