FRANCE: Greater Paris transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités has awarded incumbent SNCF Voyageurs a competitively-tendered contract to operate Transilien Line J commuter services. RATP Cap IDF ...

Locos ordered to strengthen rail freight in Spain and the Mediterranean Corridor SPAIN: Alpha Trains has ordered a further 25 Stadler Euro6000 multi-system electric locomotives in what the leasing ...

FINLAND: National passenger operator VR and Stadler have unveiled a newly delivered Sm7 trainset at Helsinki station ahead of its planned entry into service later this summer. Based on Stadler’s ...

Railway Gazette International looks at the current state of progress to create Great British Railways as the public sector body which will run the national rail network. December 9 saw a key milestone ...

Sponsored KAI, SURGE, and HUAWEI Sign Strategic Tripartite MOU to Accelerate 5G+AI Innovation in Indonesia’s Railway System Jakarta, April 15, 2026 – PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) (“KAI”), ...

CHINA: More than 100 km of new metro line has opened in China in the last quarter, including a link to a key main line station in Beijing and an automated route in Shanghai. CHINA: Five cities have ...

Bringing together public and private sector partners, the Sequence Signalling & Systems Alliance is pressing ahead with the introduction of ETCS Level 2 train control across the South East Queensland ...

EUROPE: The draft All-Island Strategic Rail Review has been published, making 30 recommendations for development of the railways in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. These include ...

Acting as a guiding mind in terms of redesigning and reallocating capacity, ADIF Alta Velocidad helped to stimulate demand for high speed rail travel in Spain, challenging the belief that ...

This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. Ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Mexico City’s sole light rail line serving the southern suburbs has been upgraded as part of a 2·4bn ...

UK: The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority has started work to establish a framework for the future management of the Supertram light rail network in Sheffield, which is due to be taken over ...

FRANCE: SNCF Voyageurs has secured the first formal authorisation for its next-generation TGV M high-speed train, clearing a key regulatory step towards the domestic launch of Alstom’s Avelia Horizon ...