International Railway Journal
TWO years and eight months after tunnelling began, TBM Victoria broke through the final section of bored tunnel on Amsterdam's North-South metro line..
THE board of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is expected to conclude a contract with Siemens for 100 Desiro ML dual-voltage emus ..
RIO DE JANEIRO commuter rail operator SuperVia has awarded Alstom a contract worth around Reais 300m ($US 142m) to supply 20 four-car Metropolis emus.
www.progressiverailroading.com US Railroad News
DART opens new segments on Blue, Orange lines
Canadian Pacific: The latest on a PRB extension, police association pact and Regina intermodal facility
Genesee & Wyoming lands largest Utica Shale customer
Sound Transit to host public meetings on Tacoma Link expansion
Honolulu transit officials receive first steel shipment for rail project
FRA provides grant for trackwork in Alabama
Metrolink reports ridership record for Thanksgiving weekend
Idle reduction initiative pays dividends for Alaska Railroad
www.railway-technology.com Updates
Macquarie to acquire European rolling stock leasing business Macquarie Bank has formed a new European rail business unit and agreed to acquire Lloyd's Banking Group's European rolling stock leasing business.
Crossrail's third TBM Elizabeth starts tunnel to Farringdon
Crossrail's third tunnel boring machine (TBM), Elizabeth, has started work on 8.3km of eastern tunnels between the Docklands and Farringdon in central London, UK.
From: Crossrail
Crossrail moved a significant step forward today as London’s newest ‘eastender’ – 1,000 tonne tunnelling machine Elizabeth – began the 8.3km tunnelling journey to create the eastern section of the new rail line between Docklands and central London.
EIB funds Quito metro project in Ecuador
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide a €200m loan to the Republic of Ecuador for the construction of a €1bn metro line project in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito.
Trensurb awards Porto Alegre Metro trains contract to FrotaPoa consortium in Brazil
Trensurb, the metro rail operator in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, has awarded a €94m contract to the FrotaPoa consortium, comprising Alstom and CAF Brazil, to provide 15 trains.
Shedmaster Railway News
Includes news on the Crossrail tunnelling machine......
World Heritage & Railway News
Includes, from bbc.co.uk - Two-part documentary telling the remarkable story of a band of visionaries who rescued some of the little narrow gauge railways that once served Britain's industries..
Railway Engineering News
Includes a look at what developing a new high speed rail network will result in - new jobs, improved connections between cities and more capacity on existing, but increasingly congested, rail lines
(From gov.uk)
On This Day.........
03/12/1927 Official opening of London Post Office Railway
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