The new issue of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is announcing the full availability of $5 million to fund a rail research and development Centre of Excellence which has probably been possible by the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

An expert panel at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has set a transport density of “less than 1,000 passengers” per kilometer per day as threshold for considering the shutdown of money-losing rail lines.

More than 50,000 vehicles were authorised for service in the EU by the ERA during this period.

Amtrak was honored for diversity excellence on the Forbes Best Employers for Diversity in 2023 list. The achievement comes as Amtrak builds a workforce to modernize infrastructure, improve stations and expand train services, reaching more of America, from small, rural …

Some of the country’s busiest railway stations, including Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street, now have British Sign Language travel announcements.

Eurostar Group, the high-speed rail service connection the UK to mainland Europe is celebrating Earth Day by encouraging customers to travel more sustainably by offering a 10% discount on summer getaways. With 10,000 return bookings on offer to travel from …

On Friday, rail workers across Germany went on strike, causing significant disruptions to national operator Deutsche Bahn’s services.

Rail passengers travelling to and from London this coming weekend (22 and 23 April) are being reminded to plan their journeys in advance because planned engineering will affect Southern and Thameslink train services on several routes.

In Lao territory, the railway has transported 2.24 million passenger trips so far with maximum daily train volume of 10 and passenger volume exceeding 10,000.

If rail services improve, it could see more routes added including those between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Lyon and Rennes as well as journeys between Lyon and Marseille.