Leoš Novotný, founder of Leo Express and the Leo Mobility Management rolling stock leasing company, explains to Benjámin Zelki how his latest venture will function as a ‘Booking.com for rail operators ...

The first Alstom Avelia Horizon trainsets — now branded TGV Nouvelle Génération by national operator SNCF Voyageurs — began carrying passengers on November 6. Jérémie Anne reports from onboard the ...

EUROPE: Railway operators and digital platforms debated commission rates and ticket regulation at a side conference during InnoTrans, hosted by Trainline. While stakeholders clashed over the need for ...

Tanzania is seeking private partners to construct and operate two more standard gauge freight railways, and is also looking for additional rolling stock, according to Tanzania Railway Corp senior ...

INDIA: The 23.3 km Pune Metro Line 3 (Pink) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video link on November 3, with passenger services scheduled to start the following day. Developed by a ...

SPAIN: A serious failure of communications is at the heart of early investigations into the fatal collision between two high speed trains at Urda near Toledo on October 28. Mike Bent analyses how the ...

AUSTRALIA: The Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority has announced the preferred bidder to rebuild Sunshine station as part of Stage 1 of Melbourne’s long-planned Airport Rail Link. It has also ...

BANGLADESH: Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd signed four depot and civil works contract packages for metro lines 1 and 5 on October 27. The construction of both lines was officially launched in 2023, ...

USA: Seattle’s Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration are to publish a draft environmental impact statement for the Ballard Link Extension light rail project on December 11, seeking ...

TURKEY: The Ministry of Transport & Infrastructure has taken the first step towards development of a 500 km main line railway along the east of the country’s Black Sea coast between Samsun and the ...

GERMANY: Siemens Mobility and Lufthansa Technik Defense have agreed to develop jointly a train for cross-border military medical evacuations and civilian disaster response.  Ahead of the Berlin ...

UKRAINE: The first of a fleet of M29 trams that Göteborg’s municipal transport operator is donating to Mykolaiv has arrived at its new home in Ukraine. The M29 cars which have been operating in the ...