Architects HOK and Practice for Architecture Urbanism (PAU) have unveiled their design for a $6bn transformation of New York’s Penn Station, the United States’ busiest rail hub. The plan calls…

Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said construction is 80% complete on the 480km stretch of the Maya train line that runs from Campeche to Cancún across the top of…

China Railways has announced plans to develop a bullet train capable of standard operating speeds of 450km/h. The CR450 train will be the latest model in the CR400 Fuxing (“Rejuvenation”)…

Two Indian companies have entered bids to build India’s first undersea tunnel for the high-speed rail line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Indian Express reports. Larsen & Toubro and Afcons Infrastructure…

Spanish consulting engineer Ardanuy Ingeniería has won a contract to design seven regional Rail Baltica stations in Estonia. The €368,000 contract includes work on platforms, overpasses, underpasses, outdoor areas, car…

India and China are competing to build rail connections – and influence – in the Himalayan state of Nepal, with India somewhat ahead in the race, according to a report…

German engineer Siemens has signed a €3bn contract to supply 1,200 electric freight locomotives to India, the largest such deal in the company’s history. Over the next 11 years it…

Skanska has been commissioned by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to improve circulation at New York City’s Grand Central-42nd Street Station. It sits next to Grand Central Terminal in…

Italian contractor Webuild has handed over six stations on Line 4 of the Milan Metro (M4). The 5.4km section links the stations of Linate Airport and Dateo in the east…