GERMAN open-access passenger operator Hamburg-Köln-Express (HKX), which launched a daily service between Hamburg and Cologne on July 23, says the first month of operation has been positive.
GERMANY's Ministry of Transport, Construction and Urban Development and German Rail (DB) have reached agreement to fund a €693m project to construct a 16km 250km/h section of line to the south of Karlsruhe.
San Diego, the city that launched the US light rail revolution in 1981 will extend its Green Line on September 2 from the Old Town Transit Center to the 12th and Imperial Transit Center..
RUSSIAN Railways' (RZD) revenue rose by 9% last year to Roubles 1481bn ($US 46.3bn) due primarily to a 5.7% increase in revenue freight traffic and what RZD describes as an 8% tariff indexation.
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West Virginia officials award contract for NS intermodal terminal
Weekly intermodal volume strong in U.S., but carloads still weak
CN solicits help from New Brunswick to preserve service on declining-volume line
Amtrak Virginia service to Norfolk to launch Dec. 12
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Nomad Digital completes free wifi installation on DSB trains
Nomad Digital has completed the installation of free passenger wifi and infotainment systems on all 135 S-trains of Danish rail operator DSB.
Network Rail awards traffic management software development contracts
Network Rail in the UK has awarded three contracts worth £20m to Hitachi Rail Europe, Signalling Solutions (a joint venture between Alstom Transport and Balfour Beatty Rail), and Thales UK for the development of a nationwide traffic management system prototype.
Construction starts on Vietnam's Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line
Japanese contractor Sumitomo Corporation and Vietnam-based construction firm Cienco 6 have started construction on the $2.4bn Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro rail project in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam.
Virgin launches legal action against FirstGroup's West Coast Main Line contract
Virgin Trains has launched legal action against the UK Department for Transport (DfT) in a bid to prevent FirstGroup from signing the contract for the West Coast Main Line operating franchise.
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