27 Aug 2008 | First wagons completed at Tikhvin

RUSSIA: The first two wagons have been completed at Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant, which has been established on part of a former Transmash site in Leningrad oblast, 200 km east of St Petersburg. The 220 000 m² factory is being developed by ICT Group at a cost of US$800m. Series production of wagons is scheduled to begin in 2010, with 3 500 staff and an annual capacity of 10 000 open, hoppe More...

 27 Aug 2008 | Gold Coast study recommends light rail

AUSTRALIA: The preliminary business case for the Gold Coast Rapid Transit project has recommended light rail in preference to bus rapid transit, John Mickel, Queensland's Minister for Transport, Trade, Employment & Industrial Relations, announced on August 22. Light r More...

 27 Aug 2008 | Polish high speed plan

POLAND: The government's high speed rail committee has approved a draft programme and environmental impact study for the development of high speed rail services. The proposals envisage the construction of a Y-shaped network totalling 500 km. A line would run from Wars More...

 26 Aug 2008 | Genset shunters begin work

USA: Union Pacific has begun testing four RP20SD 2000 hp genset loconmotives built by Railpower for the Roseville hump yard 30 km northeast of Sacramento. The locos use the frames and bogies of scrapped six-axle EMD road switchers, and have three gensets onboard with More...

 25 Aug 2008 | Italian crossing upgrade

ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI and track maintenance contractors Salcef and Ar.Fer have awarded three contracts for the first applications of Holdfast rubber level crossing panels in the country, after seeing the technology on display at Expo Ferroviaria in Torino ea More...