Bringing together public and private sector partners, the Sequence Signalling & Systems Alliance is pressing ahead with the introduction of ETCS Level 2 train control across the South East Queensland ...

CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Group is to install ETCS software developed by its affiliate The Signalling Company on newly manufactured rolling stock for the first time, equipping 34 tri-mode trainsets being ...

AUSTRALIA: Transwa’s Australind passenger service has restarted following the delivery of the first of four Alstom diesel multiple-units ordered for the 167 km route between Perth and Bunbury. Trains ...

National operator DSB is working on a pioneering programme to equip København’s S-bane for fully automated operation without using platform edge barriers. Contracts are due to be let later this year ...

This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. Trainsets which lead contractor Mitsubishi Corp and manufacturing parter Kinki Sharyo are producing in Japan for Phase 1 of Cairo ...

Automatic Train Operation is the latest addition to a growing portfolio of train control systems which Stadler has built up over the past decade, as the group’s Head of Signalling Marc Trippel ...

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 ...

EUROPE: The draft All-Island Strategic Rail Review has been published, making 30 recommendations for development of the railways in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. These include ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Germany’s track access charge system violates EU law, giving an unfair advantage to short-distance rail passenger transport. The 19 March ruling ...

Acting as a guiding mind in terms of redesigning and reallocating capacity, ADIF Alta Velocidad helped to stimulate demand for high speed rail travel in Spain, challenging the belief that ...

EUROPE: Seven rail industry bodies have jointly proposed the creation of a European Railway Platform to represent market participants under new EU capacity management rules. The submission to the ...