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Chinese partners unveil hybrid high-floor LRV

Mar 8, 2023

New 30m two-car LRV is powered by hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries and promises a range of 100km.

Cluj-Napoca metro contracts awarded

Mar 8, 2023

Turkish-French consortium to build the 21km metro line in Romania’s fourth-largest city. First phase is due to open in 2026 to meet EU funding conditions.

Innsbruck line 5 extended to Rum

Mar 6, 2023

Latest expansion of Innsbruck’s tramway adds 1.2km to reach a new inter-modal transfer hub at Rum.

Budapest adds another 31 CAF low-floor trams

Mar 6, 2023

Latest option marks the final tranche of a framework that will see the Hungarian capital pay ‘close to 2014 prices’, and follows an order for 20 trams in October 2022.

Moscow completes ‘Big Circle Line’ metro

Mar 6, 2023

Opening of the full 70km line 11 on 1 March completes the world’s longest circular metro line.

Stadler delivers the first new Tyne and Wear Metro train

Mar 6, 2023

The first of the new Class 555 trains for the Tyne & Wear Metro arrived at the system’s rebuilt Gosforth depot on 28 February, in what Nexus calls a “landmark moment”.

Rome pushes forward with tramway expansion

Mar 6, 2023

Technical and economic studies for the 8.3km Termini – Vaticano – Aurelio tramway have been approved, with tenders expected to be issued shortly.

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Dijon: Ten years on

Oct 14, 2022

TAUT revisits the capital of Burgundy to mark ten years since the opening of its modern tramway.

Grand ambitions in Szczecin

Aug 19, 2022

A comprehensive and historic tramway network which is seeing significant reconstruction as it moves to low-floor operation; Andrew Thompson reports from north-western Poland.

Monday 4 April was momentous for the Very Light Rail team at Coventry City Council. This was the day that the West Midlands’ ‘ask’ of GBP1.05bn (EUR1.25bn) for a package of rail, tram, bus and active travel improvements for the coming five years received formal approval under the UK Government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS).

SmartWindows into the future

Jul 25, 2022

Passengers in Karlsruhe can now access timetabling and disruption information… through their window. The team behind the SmartMMI project explains how it works.

Empowering operations teams with real-time information

Jun 20, 2022

The team from Transit9 explores the importance of user-friendliness when implementing new technology and processes.

A vision of the urban tram’s future

Jun 1, 2022

Imagine a modular autonomous tram which carried passengers during the day and freight in the evening. Such a vision was recently confirmed as the winner of the prestigious DESING+ competition organised by the University of West Bohemia…

Always ahead of the game

May 9, 2022

Patrick Lamb, Managing Director of Severn Lamb, describes the process of creating bespoke vehicles for some of the more unusual light rail projects.

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Events

Celebrating success…. virtually

Dec 23, 2020

Global pandemic didn’t stop the sector recognising excellence and innovation.

COVID forces InnoTrans cancellation

Dec 23, 2020

The 2020 running of the world’s largest rail exhibition – held in Berlin biennially since 1996 – has been cancelled.

Rail Live!

Jan 16, 2020

Rail Live! is now firmly positioned as one of the world’s most exciting rail events. This event brings top tier leaders of the rail industry together to discuss topics critical to future developments in the premium conference, alongside an action-packed exhibition which attracts the full rail supply chain.