News Aecom team to build $7bn light rail system for Austin A team led by Aecom has won a four-year contract to deliver the 16km first stage of a light rail system for Texas capital Austin. Aecom will work alongside consultants…
News California sets out $310bn plan for state-wide rail system California has published its plan to create a fully interconnected mass transit network by 2050. As well as improving mobility throughout the state, the plan aims to create 900,000 jobs…
News Siemens secures Thai rail bonanza Germany’s Siemens has landed multiple rail contracts in Thailand, including delivery of 53 new trains and improvements to intercity connectivity. In Bangkok, Siemens’ will work alongside Turkey’s Bozankaya and Thailand’s…
News Malaysia forms JV with China Communications to run East Coast line China Communications yesterday signed a deal to share the operation and maintenance of the forthcoming, 665km-long East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) in Malaysia. The company, which is currently building the…
News Mexico celebrates completion of Tren Maya After four years of work, Mexico has completed the 1,540km Tren Maya railway, with recently elected president Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurating the final section on Monday. She opened the seventh and…
News World’s longest metro adds another 43km of track Three extensions have opened on Beijing’s metro, bringing the total length of the system to 879km. The completed projects are: the last section of the Changping Line’s southern extension, a…
News Aecom team win contract on Sweden’s North Bothnia Line American engineer Aecom and Swedish consultant Rejlers have won a contract on the 270km North Bothnia rail line The team will work on the development of railways and public…
News Thailand to spend $19bn on rail expansion next year Thailand’s Transport Ministry will spend $8.7bn expanding double-tracked railways next year, the Bangkok Post reports. Transport minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said six projects would lay 1,312km of new track. These plus…
Projects The amphibious mission to replace bridges at Amsterdam Centraal station Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has begun an amphibious operation to replace five crucial bridge decks at Amsterdam’s main Centraal train station that have reached the end of their design life. Working…
News China begins work on $1.5bn maglev track China today started work on a magnetic levitation (maglev) line as part of its plans to construct an ultra-fast rail network, Global Times reports. The plan is to build a…
News 13 workers missing after ground collapse at Shenzhen rail site Thirteen workers were still missing Thursday morning (5 December) after what’s being described as a ground collapse at a high-speed rail construction site in Shenzhen, southeastern China. Around 200 local…
News Thessaloniki finally gets its metro after more than 20 years Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, saw its first metro transit system open for passengers on Saturday, 30 November, after work on it began more than 20 years ago. The 10km-long, east-west…
News Alstom extends Saudi Arabia freight railway contract French train-maker Alstom has signed a five-year, €76m contract with Saudi Arabia to improve its east–west freight corridor. Under the agreement, Alstom will provide technical assistance, spare parts and training…
News Tutor Perini team wins $1.1bn Newark airport light rail contract A joint venture between Tutor Perini and O&G Industries has been awarded a $1.2bn contract to design and build a 4km-long elevated railway at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport.…
News Russia, Iran again discussing railway to the Gulf Iranian and Russian officials have discussed a plan to build a rail link between Parsabad, a city on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, and the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas. Iran’s…
News Japan weighs Chinese ‘road tram’ to take visitors up Mount Fuji Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times reports. Yamanashi Prefecture had been considering a light railway but, at a…
News Chinese firm beats French rival to Casablanca high-speed contract The latest contract in Morocco’s Kenitra-Marrakesh high-speed rail link has gone to the China Overseas Engineering Corporation (Covec), a subsidiary of China Railways, business website Zawya reports. Covec was bidding…
News Studio Gang designs educational hub above active railway in Paris American architect Studio Gang has unveiled the completed University of Chicago John Boyer Centre in Paris. The centre has a timber structure and façade, as well as a brise-soleil formed…