Ukraine’s rail operator Ukrainian Railways has started building a European-gauge railway in the west of the country intended to link up with European railways, the operator announced on X, formally…

China has opened a 277km-long, high-speed coastal railway that saves land space by crossing ocean bays in the province of Fujian near the Taiwan Strait, Xinhua reports.

The Italian Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport has chosen a team to finance, design, and build a 10.6km section of a Sicilian railway with a development value of about €650m. 

Three consortiums have made the shortlist for a programme of rail work that aims to improve service between Québec City, Trois-Rivières, Montréal, Ottawa, Peterborough and Toronto, adding 1,000km of track…

Officials from Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to begin work on a 32km railway between the two countries after the end of Ramadan, without giving an exact start…

Vietnamese infrastructure developer Deoca Group is to team up with fuel distributor Petroleum Trading Lao (Petro Trade) to investigate the possibility of building a $6.3bn railway between Vientiane, the capital…

According to the government of Myanmar, talks are under way on restarting a 1,215km railway across the country, between China’s Yunnan province and the Bay of Bengal, Voice of America…

Malaysia’s transport minister has said his government is looking to resurrect a plan to build a high-speed rail link with Singapore, the New Straits Times reports.

Italy’s national rail operator RTF has chosen a team made up of contractors Impresa Pizzarotti and Saipem to construct a high-speed rail link and station in Florence.

The governments of China and India have agreed to a budget increase of $1.2bn to complete the China-financed high-speed railway running between the Indonesian capital Jakarta and its third largest…

The first phase of a light rail project in Lagos, Nigeria was commissioned this week, China Daily reports. Speaking at a banquet held before the inauguration ceremony, Nigerian president Muhammadu…

A consortium led by the Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation appears set to win a contract to build and operate a light railway in the Paraguayan capital Asunción,…