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CAF Wins €450m Cairo Metro Modernization Maintenance Contracts

CAF Wins €450m Cairo Metro Modernization Maintenance Co...

Spanish manufacturer CAF signs 3 contracts with Egypt's NAT worth €450m+: Line 2...

Railway Security DAS: Drones Revolutionize Infrastructure Monitoring

Railway Security DAS: Drones Revolutionize Infrastructu...

Railway security DAS and drones transform rail infrastructure protection. Precis...

Stadler EURODUAL approved in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia for Corridor X freight

Stadler EURODUAL approved in Slovenia, Croatia and Serb...

ERA issued type approval on 10 April 2026 for the Stadler EURODUAL bimode loco i...

Turkey Reopens 350 km Railway Along Syrian Border

Turkey Reopens 350 km Railway Along Syrian Border

Turkey brought a 350 km freight corridor along the Syrian border back into servi...

Regional trains

Sweden's Trafikverket signs €756m deal with Talgo for n...

Sweden's transport administration Trafikverket signed a €756 million contract with Spanish manufacturer Talgo on 20 April at Stock...

Rail News

Sener Designs $26.6B Saudi Landbridge Railway

Spain’s Sener won the design contract for Saudi Arabia’s $26.6B Landbridge railway, a 1,500 km mixed corridor targeting 50M t of f...

Tracks

Saudi Arabia–Qatar 785 km HSR approved

Saudi Arabia cabinet approved Feb 2026 a 785 km electric HSR linking Riyadh to Doha at 300 km/h, projecting a €27 billion GDP boos...

Rail infrastructure

Vietnam's First HSR Line Breaks Ground in Quang Ninh

Vietnam launched its first high-speed railway on April 12, 2026. The $5.6bn Hanoi-Quang Ninh line, built by Vingroup with Siemens ...

Innovations

Amtrak launches RFP for 800 long-distance railcars

Amtrak issues a formal RFP for 800+ new long-distance railcars across 14 routes, aiming to select a supplier by end of 2027 to rep...

Freight and logistics

Stadler EURODUAL approved in Slovenia, Croatia and Serb...

ERA issued type approval on 10 April 2026 for the Stadler EURODUAL bimode loco in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, unlocking cross-bo...

Passenger Transport

Lens–Béthune line reopens early after fatal TGV crash a...

Rail services between Lens and Béthune resumed on 15 April 2026, three days ahead of schedule, after SNCF Réseau completed emergen...

Freight and logistics

Turkey Reopens 350 km Railway Along Syrian Border

Turkey brought a 350 km freight corridor along the Syrian border back into service on 31 March 2026, after 13 years of closure. Fu...

Passenger Transport

Adamuz crash: rail break logged 22 hours before collision

Spain's Civil Guard confirms the Adamuz rail broke the night before the crash that killed 46. The SAM signalling system recorded a...

Financing & Economics

Georgia's 2026–2028 rail plan: doubling capacity in thr...

Georgia has unveiled a three-year railway overhaul — 50 locomotives, 1,500 wagons, new routes and faster journeys. Here is what th...

Regions

EUROFIMA Lends €8.1m to Bulgarian Rail Operator BDZ

35 second-hand intercity coaches for Bulgarian passengers — the first tranche of a ten-year, €22m framework agreement with EUROFIMA.

Subways

Astana LRT: All 19 Train Sets Now in Full Simultaneous ...

Astana's driverless light rail enters final testing with all 19 CRRC trainsets running simultaneously in GOA4 mode. Commercial lau...