The governments of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to begin work on an $8bn railway to China next month, confirming a target set back in March, website BNE News reports.…

The West African country of Gabon has signed a contract with the operator of its only railway to begin the second phase of its modernisation. The deal was agreed by…

Poland’s national rail operator PKP has launched three rail infrastructure tenders totalling €1.4bn, specialist website Railway Pro reports. The tenders will make upgrades in the north and south of the…

Etihad Rail has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jordan to build a 360km freight railway worth $2.3bn. The line will connect Jordan’s phosphate and potash mines in Al-Shidiya and…

China Railway Number 4 Engineering Group (CREC 4) has been chosen to carry out civil engineering works on Morocco’s high-speed rail line between the port of Kenitra, 30km north of…

Hong Kong’s Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) yesterday charged a manager with China Railways 15th Bureau (CR15) with accepting a US$250,000 bribe from a subcontractor. Xu Wenju, 40, deputy general…

China, Tanzania, and Zambia have signed a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate a 1,860km rail line between Tanzania and Zambia, the Xinhua news agency reports.   The $1bn scheme was…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and publicly-owned Spanish infrastructure group Adif Alta Velocidad have agreed to loan €430m towards a 182km high-speed rail line in Spain’s Basque Province. The double-track…

US contractor Tutor Perini has won a $1.66bn contract to design and build six rail stations and 4.8km of an elevated railway in Honolulu, Hawaii. It will be the third…

A consortium led by France’s Egis with Systra and Morocco’s Novec will project manage the infrastructure for a 430km high-speed railway in Morocco between Kenitra and Marrakech. Morocco wants it…

Skanska has signed a €48m contract with the Czech Republic’s railway administration to modernise the Chrastava and Hrádek nad Nisou railway stations in north Bohemia. The project will allow trains…

A flagship project of President Joe Biden’s $1.3 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is accelerating this summer, a senior project leader tells GCR. Amtrak’s $6bn programme to…

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has shut down one of the country’s main rail corridors for a planned, €1.3bn “fundamental overhaul” to improve trains’ punctuality and capacity. The unprecedented…

French rail engineer Alstom has inaugurated a joint venture in Anhui Province, near Shanghai, where it will build a factory and offer project management and maintenance services. Hefei Alstom Rail…

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has picked Bechtel to provide construction management services for the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II, a six-mile extension with…

Hong Kong’s transit operator, MTR Corporation, has appointed Mace as its programme management partner for new railway extension projects. A UK-headquartered international construction consultant, Mace will set up an integrated…

The Webuild-led Terra Verde joint venture has been named preferred bidder for the Tunnels North contract of Suburban Rail Loop East (SRL East), part of Melbourne’s new, 90km orbital railway,…

Stockholm-headquartered consultant Sweco has won a €35m contract from the Swedish Transport Administration to plan a major rail-capacity upgrade on the busy East Coast Line between Uppsala and Stockholm. Over…