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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...

Rail Yard Modernization: 5 Key Strategies for 2025 Success

Rail Yard Modernization: 5 Key Strategies for 2025 Success

Discover the 5 essential strategies for modernizing rail yards in 2025: infrastr...

Freightliner Strengthens Breedon Partnership: Two New 5-Year Heavy Rail Transport Contracts

Freightliner Strengthens Breedon Partnership: Two New 5...

Freightliner has significantly strengthened its long-standing partnership with B...

Rail News

Gibraltar Rail Tunnel: Spain Commits €1.73M for 2026 St...

descriptionSpain approved €1.73 million for Gibraltar Strait tunnel studies on 17 March 2026. What the Herrenknecht report found, ...

Rail News

Tel Aviv Metro 2026: NTA Gathers 550 Delegates for $47b...

NTA's global participants' conference (Feb 23–25, 2026) formally launched procurement for Tel Aviv's 150km driverless metro — 109 ...

Railway operations

France Opens Tender for Paris–Clermont and Paris–Toulou...

The DGITM has opened competitive procurement for two TET intercity routes. Expressions of interest due by April 30. 28 new CAF Oxy...

Regions

SYSTRA–DB Win Key Systems Contract for India's HSR Line

SYSTRA and DB Engineering will manage signalling, SCADA and ticketing systems on India's first 508-km high-speed rail corridor. Co...

Tracks

British Steel wins Ankara–Izmir high-speed rail deal

British Steel will supply 36,000 tonnes of 60E2 rail for Turkey's 599 km Ankara–Izmir high-speed line. The eight-figure UKEF-backe...

Financing & Economics

RER C: €8bn Tender Launched for 300 New Z2N NG Double-D...

SNCF and Île-de-France Mobilités launch an €8 billion framework tender for up to 300 Z2N NG double-deck EMUs. Firm order for 52 un...

Traffic Management

Spain high-speed rail Madrid–Andalusia resumes after Ad...

Renfe, Iryo and Ouigo restored services to Seville, Granada and Cádiz on Feb. 17, 2026. Madrid–Málaga stays closed until March. Fu...

Tracks

Aerodynamic sleepers: Adif AV tenders €117m to hit 350 ...

Adif AV has tendered €117.2m for 680,400 aerodynamic sleepers on the Madrid–Barcelona HSL. Spain targets 350 km/h. Full deployment...

Innovations

SNCF and Sun-Ways test solar panels on railway tracks

SNCF partners with Sun-Ways to test removable solar panels between rails in Switzerland. Results expected in 2028 for potential Fr...

Regional trains

CrossCountry Voyager Refurbishment: £75M for 70 Moderni...

CrossCountry and Alstom transform 70 Voyager trains with new seats, USB-C and CCTV. Discover the most ambitious rail refurbishment...

Innovations

ERTMS Eurotunnel: Channel Tunnel Signalling Modernisation

Eurotunnel launches ERTMS installation on 57 locomotives. Discover how this modernisation transforms railway signalling between Fr...

Tracks

Vietnam High-Speed Rail 2025: North-South + Siemens-Vin...

1,541 km, $67B, 350 km/h: discover Vietnam's high-speed rail project and the Siemens-Vinspeed alliance. Timeline, technology, chal...