Vinci wins seven-year deal to upgrade French rail system
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Paris’ Gare Saint Lazare (Remi Jouan/CC BY 3.0) French contractor Vinci has won a seven-year…
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Malaysia wants to go ahead with high-speed link to Singapore
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Johor’s central station. The line may halt here if Singapore opts not to be involved…
Shanghai to raise Yangtze rail spending to almost $20bn in 2024
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Shanghai Hongqiao railway station was completed in 2010 at a cost of $2.3bn (Patrick Nagel/CC…
Arcadis team wins role on $16bn New York transport corridor
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke New York and New Jersey separated with Hudson river (Saletomic/Dreamstime) A joint venture between Dutch…
Women in Engineering: Leading by Example to Drive Change
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Iran, Mary Toutounchi, PE, Vice President, California Rail and Transit Practice Lead at Hill International, came…
Russia, Iran discuss obstacles to $1.6bn railway to Azerbaijan
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers The agreement in principle to build the line was reached after a virtual meeting between…
$2.5bn boost for Vegas-to-LA high-speed rail
This post was originally published on this site Electric trains running at up to 200mph are expected to cut the 218-mile journey between greater Los…
New Zealand cancels multi-billion-dollar Auckland light rail project
This post was originally published on this site Joe Quirke Auckland (Jaroslav Subrt/Dreamstime) The government of New Zealand has cancelled a light rail project for…
Amtrak got $12bn for improvements since November
This post was originally published on this site An Amtrak image promoting interior improvements to its fleet of “Superliner” long distance trains (Courtesy of Amtrak)…
India’s first high-speed railway on track after land acquisition
This post was originally published on this site David Rogers Japan’s E5 series Shinkansen will be used by the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor (Toshinori baba/Public…