The first units are expected to be operational by the first half of 2027. Credit: Metro de Madrid. The Community of Madrid has announced an investment of €504m ($542.7m) to acquire a new fleet of 40 ...

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 ...

VDS Rail produces onboard networking Ethernet devices and human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for the railway industry. VDS Rail is an Italian manufacturer of highly reliable onboard networking Ethernet ...

The Gautrain is South Africa’s first world-class, modern rapid rail and bus service. Credit: Nithin bolar k (via Wikimedia Commons). The South African province of Gauteng is by far the country’s ...

Despite being considered as one of the safer and more reliable transport methods, railways can at times be dangerous, due to the routes they cover or the crime they may be affected by. Poor passenger ...

Future operators will begin their contracts in March 2024 with a concession period of 35 years. Credit: Navaneeth Kishor (via Flickr). Indian Railways is opening up to private operators for the first ...

Driverless train technology might not be a new concept for the world’s metro systems, but it’s still something of a contentious issue in public transport circles ...

The initiative aims to modernise the GSM-R core network of the Netherlands’ national railway system. Credit: Bert e Boer/Shutterstock.com. Nokia has received a contract from Dutch rail infrastructure ...

The new rail coach manufacturing unit will be constructed in Telangana. Credit: Stadler Rail AG. India-based Medha Servo Drives has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Swiss railway rolling ...

The original Thameslink project led to through passenger trains being introduced on a core route between Bedford and Brighton via central London in 1988. Using the southern end of the Midland Main ...

£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 ...

With an annual ridership of 3.334 billion in 2013, a 1.25% increase from the previous year, the Tokyo Subway is the world’s busiest metro system. The 310km rapid transit network serves the Greater ...