EUROSTAR plans to conduct a two-month trial starting in May of a weekly service from London and Ashford to Lyon, Avignon and Aix-en-Provence in southern France.
TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) has selected Lloyds Register Rail as independent safety assessor (ISA) for the 3.3km underground extension of the Kaohsiung – Taipei high-speed line to Taipei Nangang station.
THE FIRST Alstom Metropolis train for Budapest's new Metro Line 4 arrived in the Hungarian capital in the early hours of November 30.
THE government of Liechtenstein has agreed to commit €45m towards a €90m scheme to upgrade a section of railway in the principality as part of the S-Bahn Flach project.
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Japan to provide $2.1bn loan for Dhaka metro rail project Japan has agreed to provide a $2.1bn loan for the construction of the $2.7bn Dhaka Metro rail system in Bangladesh.
ABB to install rectifier units on Polish railway network
Swiss power and automation technology firm ABB has won a $39m contract from PKP Energetyka, the main power supplier to Polish railroad operators, to supply 138 rectifier units for DC traction substations on the Polish rail network.
Transmashholding, Alstom deliver first EP20 passenger locomotive to Russian Rail
Transmashholding (THM) and Alstom have delivered the first series production EP20 electric passenger locomotive to the Russian Railways (RZD).
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.
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