UK: West Midlands Trains is to transfer to the public sector on February 1 2026, the Department for Transport has confirmed.

UK: A programme of railway engineering apprenticeships has been launched at Highpoint prison in Suffolk in partnership with ...

UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia has awarded Kryukovsky Railway Car Building Works a contract to supply 100 coaches, including five new-generation vehicles with extended service life and ...

UK: The Office of Rail & Road has approved the launch of additional and extended services by open access operators Lumo, ...

This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.

USA: Union Pacific has set out details of its agreement to acquire Norfolk Southern to create the USA's first coast-to-coast ...

SLOVAKIA: The opening of an extension of the Bratislava tram network from Jungmannova to Južné Mesto in Petržalka has ...

GERMANY: Köln transport operator Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe has awarded Stadler a €696m contract to supply 132 tailor-made high ...

UK: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women in Transport has issued guidance on fostering a more inclusive work ...

UK: Network Rail has announced the appointment of Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Westlake as its next Chief Executive, who ...

USA: A tool combining GPS vessel tracking, AI-driven predictions and centralised reporting from over 41 shipping lines and ...

News from the world rail freight market. Railport, which co-ordinates all rail activities in the Port of Antwerpen, has ...