The EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has signed two agreements worth €1.4bn in an effort to speed up completion of the Rail Baltica project. Of this amount, €1.2bn will be…

Thai contractor CH Karnchang Plc has picked Aecom as lead designer for the Orange Line West metro project in Bangkok, billed as one of the biggest rail infrastructure projects in…

Three contractors have signed a deal to build a section of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop (SRL), a project to improve lateral connections in the city. The Terra Verde consortium consists…

French rail engineer Alstom has signed a contract to deliver 117 freight locomotives to Kazakhstan. The agreement, announced on Monday, is part of Kazakhstan’s goal of modernising its transport networks,…

India has signed memorandums of understanding with the governments of Spain and Switzerland aimed at increasing the number of foreign companies working on its rail modernisation projects. Indian Railways signed…

Ireland’s National Transport Authority has published a feasibility study produced by Montreal-headquartered AtkinsRéalis that makes a case for a light rail transit (LRT) system in Galway. The study concluded that,…

Vietnam has asked China’s biggest contractor to help build its North-South railway, an epic infrastructure scheme that is expected to lay 1,700km of high-speed track at a cost of $67.3bn.…

Vietnam has estimated that the cost of building a railway to China’s southern Yunnan province would be $7.2bn, Vietnamese state media report. The 427km link would run from the border…

A joint venture of Vinci subsidiary Seymour Whyte and John Holland, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction, has won a €432m (A$695m) contract to upgrade an approximately 42km-long section of…

Spanish technology and engineering consultant Ayesa has won a contract to provide detailed design for the mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems for new metros being built in the Indian cities…

After nine years of striving, the government of Uganda yesterday signed a contract with Turkish contractor Yapı Merkezi to build the first section of the country’s standard gauge railway, New…

Shandong High-Speed Group (SDHS) has been picked to build a railway station complex in the centre of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The agreement, worth €138m, was signed on Saturday…

Two tenders have been announced for Rail Baltica in Estonia, worth a maximum of €932m. One involves the construction of superstructure for the Ülemiste–Pärnu section of track and substructure for…

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…