The first phase of Honolulu’s metro system, a 17.7km line connecting Kualaka`i Station in east Kapolei and the Hālawa Station near Aloha Stadium is due to open to the public…

Bogotá, capital of Colombia, has begun the tender process for the city’s second metro line, according to a tweet by the city’s mayor, Claudia López Hernández. Hernández said: “We did…

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) says it has qualified to bid as the main consultant for the first phase of Bahrain’s forthcoming metro project. If it wins the tender,…

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced the beginning of work on phase one of the Cross Island Line (CRL), the island’s eighth and longest fully underground metro route. When…

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…