All articles by Samseer M

Manchester’s Metrolink line to Trafford Park set to start in 2016

The UK's Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has received funding for the £350m Metrolink line to Trafford Park, as part…
Costain and Morgan Sindall win £250m Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement contract

The UK's Network Rail has signed a £250m contract with Costain and Morgan Sindall to provide physical works on the…
Test run starts on South West Rail Link in Sydney

Australia's Transport for New South Wales (NSW) has started performing test runs on the new South West Rail Link, ahead…
Chinese-led consortium wins Mexico high-speed rail project contract

Mexico's Transport and Communications Ministry has awarded a contract to Chinese-led consortium for the construction of a multi-billion dollar high-speed…
UK’s Colas Rail to deploy HaCon’s train planning system

UK rail freight operator Colas Rail will deploy Germany-based HaCon's train planning system (TPS), in a bid to integrate with…

Network Rail acquires 105 leased rail freight sites

UK's Network Rail has acquired more than 105 leasehold sites from three of the country's biggest freight operating companies.As a…
Metrolink’s Manchester Airport railway line opens

Transport for Manchester has started service on Metrolink's new line to Manchester Airport, 12 months before the planned schedule.The trams…
Cubic NextWave transit platform integrated with oti’s Wave NFC device

Cubic Transportation Systems and On Track Innovations (oti) have partnered for the integration of oti's Wave near-field communication (NFC) device…
Michigan’s M-1 Rail selects Inekon Group as vendor for streetcar construction

Michigan's M-1 Rail has select Inekon Group as the preferred vendor for the design and construction of individual streetcars to…
Adani selects Parsons Brinckerhoff as PMC for North Galilee Basin Rail project

Engineering and design firm Parsons Brinckerhoff has been selected by India-based Adani Mining as the project management consultant (PMC) for…