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Is Australia the new Light Rail opportunity hub?
In November last year Australia’s city of Canberra confirmed plans to build a light rail system in the country’s capital.  The Capital Metro project will stretch 12 kilometres between Canberra’s Civic centre with the northern town of Gungahlin. And it’s got the attention... read more ›
Amtrak to start Acela Express fleet replacement
Amtrak has abandoned plans to lengthen its current fleet of 20 Acela Express trainsets to increase capacity, and instead intends to procure a new fleet of high speed trains to operate on the Northeast Corridor between Washington DC, New York and Boston. Amtrak... read more ›
Rolling stock tender for the Tel Aviv Light Railway
Israel’s NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System is tendering for the purchase of 90 rail cars for the Tel Aviv Light Railway system. This comes in the wake of recent findings that saw Israeli passenger traffic top 40 million for the first time. The... read more ›
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Africa Rail 2013 is part of Africa’s largest Transport and Infrastructure Show that brings together public and private railway operators, major heavy haul end users, investors, government and key solution providers to form partnerships, discuss the best strategies to establish, maintain and expand... read more ›
South Africa High-speed rail prelim study completed
      The development of a high-speed rail link between Johannesburg and Durban could potentially remove between 1.9-million tons and 3.6-million tons a year of freight volumes off South Africa’s roads, a prefeasibility study (PFS) has found. Speaking at the second South... read more ›
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