This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. In June Delhi Metro Rail Corp officially commenced work at Central Secretariat for the 9.9 km Central Vista Corridor extension of ...

GERMANY: Goldschmidt Group’s road-rail vehicle business Goldschmidt Sweden has obtained authorisation from federal railway authority EBA for its LRB 26 overhead line maintenance vehicle to be used in ...

Tram automation technology is currently being developed by several companies and piloted in cities around the world. The initiatives draw on technology from the automotive sector and the main line ...

While the recent ‘reset’ of Britain’s High Speed 2 is a clear reflection of a mismanaged programme, Railway Gazette International‘s Executive Editor Nick Kingsley argues that the real lesson lies in ...

GERMANY: Responding to a complaint lodged by Italo seeking guaranteed access to the German rail network, federal networks agency Bundesnetzagentur has called for changes to DB InfraGO’s train path ...

USA: British manufacturer Semmco Life Protection Systems has supplied Emergency Escape Breathing Devices for use by US freight railway staff. As a result of previous accidents, the Federal Railroad ...

FRANCE: Hitachi Rail, Ferrocampus and the Trains & Traction heritage railway association have showcased what they hope will be a cost-effective railway signalling assembly in real-world conditions in ...

BRAZIL: A short first phase of Belo Horizonte metro Line 2 opened on July 3, when services began operating on the 1.6 km from Amazonas to Nova Suíça where there is an interchange with Line 1. Trains ...

DENMARK: København metro authority Metroselskabet has called two tenders with a combined value of €1.35bn for the construction of the first phase of Line M5. The standalone Line M5 will serve existing ...

SPAIN: Technology group GMV has been awarded a contract to develop a standardised passenger information system to support onboard communications on the various types of trains in the Barcelona metro ...

BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel has awarded a consortium of Cegelec Infra Technics and Kontron AIS a contract to modernise control systems at the Antwerpen Noord yard, a key rail freight hub ...

Railway Gazette International looks at the current state of progress to create Great British Railways as the public sector body which will run the national rail network. December 9 saw a key milestone ...