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Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad to provide short-haul services

2025-04-01T14:00:00+01:00By Railway Gazette International

USA: Union Pacific has entered into an agreement for Jaguar Transport Holdings’ newly-formed Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad to provide short line services on around 6 km of track in the Central Industrial District of Kansas City, Missouri.

Taiwan high speed train interior design finalised

2025-04-01T06:00:00+01:00By Railway Gazette International

TAIWAN: Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp and the Hitachi Toshiba Supreme Consortium have signed an agreement for the detailed interior design of the 12 Series N700S high speed trainsets, which were ordered in May 2023 at a cost of NT$28bn.

Eurostar depot capacity increase to support cross-Channel competition

2025-03-31T15:54:00+01:00By Rail Business UK

UK: A report has found that additional capacity could be provided at Temple Mills depot in London to support plans for new cross-Channel passenger services. However incumbent operator Eurostar says the options would not provide sufficient capacity to support even one operator’s plans without significant investment.

ZSSK looks to the future with battery and inter-city train tenders

2025-03-31T10:00:00+01:00By Railway Gazette International

SLOVAKIA: National passenger operator ZSSK has called two tenders for the supply of battery-electric and inter-city trainsets.

World rail freight news round-up

2025-03-31T07:00:00+01:00By Railway Gazette International

News from the world rail freight market.

Runaway Risk Tool enables site-specific safety measures

2025-03-31T05:00:00+01:00By Rail Business UK

UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has developed a Runaway Risk Tool to identify locations where the track conditions or gradient could cause rail vehicles to move away from worksites, and which sections of track would be vulnerable if they did.

South Tirol railway agreement approved

2025-03-30T07:00:00+01:00By Railway Gazette International

ITALY: The Autonomous Province of South Tirol has approved a framework agreement with national infrastructure manager RFI covering the use of the area’s rail infrastructure until 2035.

Electrification: The energy-saving capability of transformers

2025-03-29T07:00:00+00:00By Ilario Scian*

Hitachi Energy has supplied its latest transformers to Indian Railways as part of the national electrification programme, leading to lower carbon emissions and railway operating costs.

Vale orders 50 locomotives

2025-03-28T14:00:00+00:00By Railway Gazette International

BRAZIL: Mining company Vale has ordered 50 Wabtec Evolution Series diesel locomotives to modernise operations and lower carbon emissions on its Vitória a Minas and Carajás railways.