Work began this week on Manila Metro’s first underground line when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr started up one of the six tunnel boring machines that will be used on the…

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed a loan worth up to $306m to fund part of Line 4 of the Cairo metro. The money will go towards the first…

A consortium led by John Holland, CPB Contractors and Italian civil engineer Ghella has won a US$1.1bn contract to dig the final tunnel of Sydney Metro West under the city’s…

Italian contractor Webuild has handed over six stations on Line 4 of the Milan Metro (M4). The 5.4km section links the stations of Linate Airport and Dateo in the east…

The government of France has agreed a loan of €250m to fund the construction of a 37km metro in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast. The €1.4bn initial phases,…

Toronto transit developer Metrolinx has awarded a €4.4bn privately-financed tunnelling contract to a joint venture of Ferrovial and Vinci Construction Grands Projets for the city’s Ontario Line mega project. Set…

Bahrain will launch a tender for the construction of the first phase of its light rail network in the first quarter of 2023, news site RailTech reports. An official of…