2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (286+ words) Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager chief engineer Nkululeko Gobhozi has been elected chair of the International Heavy Haul Association for the next two years. His appointment was announced during an IHHA board workshop held in collaboration with the South African Heavy…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (163+ words) Juno News $90B rail gamble: Alto promises break-even, but can’t say when Canada’s $90-billion high-speed rail is being pitched as a winner, with taxpayers facing potential billions in subsidies. Researchers warn Alto could still require billions annually from taxpayers for a…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (549+ words) California journalist Joe Mathews rode Morocco’s high-speed train recently and penned a fully justified and blistering comparison between what the North African nation achieved quickly and relatively inexpensively and California’s laughingstock bullet train project. “Morocco and California are remarkably similar…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (391+ words) California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri brought his pitch for the nation’s first true high-speed rail system to the Fresno Rotary Club on Monday, laying out a timeline for track installation, testing and eventual service while acknowledging a multibillion-dollar…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (239+ words) The Indonesian Ministry of Finance is set to acquire a 60% stake in PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), the operator of the Whoosh high-speed train service on the 142 km Jakarta–Bandung line. The plan was reported by Railway Gazette on August…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (526+ words) AUSTRALIA: Following a competitive process, the High Speed Rail Authority has selected groups of international suppliers to provide early contractor involvement services for the Trains, Systems & System Integration and Tunnelling & Construction elements of the Newcastle – Sydney high speed line project....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (146+ words) Home » Nation and Beyond » Railway ministry approves 100 kmph speed on Katra-Banihal section The Railway Ministry has approved increasing the maximum permissible speed for trains to 100 kmph on the 111-kilometre Broad Gauge rail section between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (496+ words) The consortium comprising Skanska and Stacy Witbeck has signed a USD 2.43 billion contract to build a new light rail line in Los Angeles. The contract, awarded by the Los Angeles Metro transport authority, includes construction preparation works and initial works…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (182+ words) JR Central and JR West will sequentially hold free events from September 1 at five stations—Tokyo, Shin-Osaka, Hiroshima, Hakata, and Nagoya—where visitors can experience Supreme Class, the new highest-class service to be introduced on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (400+ words) Kier Infrastructure’s managing director for rail and aviation, Mandy Duncan, and Arcadis’ senior account director for HS2, Jonathan Sharrock, have been appointed to the High Speed Rail Group board as the body sharpens its focus on practical delivery of UK high-speed…...