As part of €90 million contract, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A (CAF) is supplying an additional 11 new trains to Dockland Light Rail (DLR) to supplement the initial order of 43 trains.
As part of Renfe’s Fleet Renewal Plan, 32 Media Distancia electric trains have been ordered from Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) for €190 million.
Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced that it is partnering with Metra to restore the Chicago to Rockford service that was discontinued over 40 years ago in 1981.
US national rail operator Amtrak is investing over $50 billion into modernising its network, introducing the new Amtrak Airo and Acela trains which will increase capacity up to 25%.
Over 400,000 passengers behavioural patterns have gone into shaping a new software that will enable rail operators and carriage manufacturers to optimise the use of space on their rail carriage.
South Florida’s rail operator Brightline has partnered with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet provider to become the first passenger rail service to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband within their trains.
Netskrt Systems has joined forces with BAI Communications to offer passengers what it calls, ‘a superior internet experience’ with demonstrably faster Wi-Fi designed to help rail operators cash-in on the booming in-car streaming demands of today’s rail passengers.