Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Iran’s first vice-president Mohammad Mokhber officially inaugurated work on a long-planned, 32km railway between the two countries on Saturday (2 September). The line…

A consortium led by Cimic subsidiary CPB Contractors, Italian civil engineer Ghella and Spanish contractor Acciona are in line for a contract to excavate 16km of twin-bore tunnels for Melbourne’s…

Progress on the 253km high-speed railway between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, the first phase of the link between Thailand and China, is expected to be in operation in 2027. The…

France’s Egis has won a four-year contract to modernise the rail system in the southern Irish city of Cork. Working alongside Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), Egis will adapt existing signalling,…

Transport for Tomorrow has pioneered the use of a temporary, modular railway platform surfaced with fibre-reinforced-polymer (FRP) to help with a station upgrade.

Uganda and Kenya are seeking at least $6bn to restart work on the standard gauge railway (SGR) to connect central Africa to the port of Mombasa. China financed the first…

US politicians are seeking $1.1bn to improve Illinois’ rail infrastructure and upgrade Chicago’s Union Station. Among those calling for the funding are state governor JB Pritzker, US senators Tammy Duckworth…

The former general manager of China State Railway Group yesterday pleaded guilty to taking bribes over a period of 18 years, China Daily reports.  Sheng Guangzu, 74, was on trial…

Israel has announced plans for a $27bn expansion to its rail network that would connect the entire country by high-speed rail. The “One Israel” project would link Kiryat Shemona at…

Bidding has opened for a 1,200km motorway and rail link that will connect southern Iraq with Turkey, the World Highways website reports. Iraq approved the “Development Road”, as the project…

A team made up of Rome-based contractor Webuild and Japan’s Hitachi Rail has won a section of a €4.8bn high-speed, high-capacity rail line between Verona and Padua. The Iricav Due…

A consortium of Ferrovial, Sacyr, Copisa, and Copcisa has won a €300m contract to extend the Llobregat-Anoia line of Barcelona’s FGC commuter rail system. They are tasked with building a…

Skanska has finished the $414m renovation of Pennsylvania Station’s Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Concourse in New York City. Penn District Station Developer LLC awarded the project in 2020 to modernise…

Australian contractor Leighton Asia has won a contract to build a 7.9km section of railway in Manila, the Philippines in a joint venture with First Balfour. Leighton said it will…

Portuguese contractor Mota-Engil has signed a $916m deal with Nigeria’s Ministry of Transportation to supply and finance railway rolling stock for the new, $2bn Kano–Maradi–Dutse railway. This is a 284km…

The Honduran government last week informed Chinese officials it was looking for investors able to raise up to $20bn for a railway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, South China…

The Thai resort city of Pattaya is intending to build four monorail lines to ease congestion and make it easier for international travellers to make their way to the beach,…

After a construction period that has stretched over four decades, Brazil has completed the 2,260km Norte-Sul railway, stretching from the northeastern port of Itaqui, in Maranhão state, to the southeastern…