Beginning June 1, Amtrak is restoring Acela service on the Northeast Corridor on a modified schedule in response to anticipated increased demand. Modified service will include the restoration of three weekday Acela roundtrips. Northeast Regional frequencies will also be increased …

As part of Amtrak’s ongoing commitment to protect customers and front-line employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic, beginning on May 11 Amtrak is requiring that all customers in stations, on trains and thruway buses wear facial coverings. “The safety …

The Coleman Rail-led Evolve Bayswater Alliance has been awarded an A$253m contract by the government of Western Australia for the reconstruction of Bayswater station on the Perth suburban network.     The $253m contract will include the process of reconstruction …

The Hong Kong government recently approved the Tung Chung Line metro extension project. The government has given MTR the approval to carry out detailed planning and design for the project.     The newly extended line will comprise of a …

On Sunday, Warsaw Metro finally opened the 3.4km Wolski extension to Line M2 from Rondo Daszyńskiego to Ksiecia Janusza. The extended line has added three new stations to the two-line network. The new stations are located at Płock, Młynów and …

The Chinese city of Chengdu is set to introduce two new express metro lines. The lines 17 and 18 are scheduled to open later this year. The two express metro lines would operate using trains with a maximum speed of …

On Tuesday, March 31st 2020, Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and the Myanmar government signed an agreement. The agreement covers the ¥40·6 billion third tranche of an official development assistance loan. The loan has been issued to finance Phase 1 …

Brightline Railway System, a Miami to West Palm Beach inter-city private-sector train operator recently suspended its operations. The decision has been undertaken in light of the coronavirus pandemic as cases continue to rise across the globe. All operations of the …

The European Commission has recently concluded that Denmark’s public financing model for the Fehmarn Belt rail and road tunnel to Germany is compatible with EU state aid rules.     It was back during July 2015 that the Commission first …

On Friday, loosened bolts were identified in a high-speed German railway line between the western cities Cologne and Frankfurt. The German police guessed the situation as a sign of an attempt to a ‘possible attack’ after they found loose bolts …