Day: November 7, 2025

GENERAL

Stadler Wagons Successfully Passed Kazakhstan Winter Tests

07/11/2025
The passenger wagons manufactured by Stadler at its factory in Astana, Kazakhstan, have successfully completed a series of tests in the country’s harsh northern climatic conditions. These tests proved that the new wagons can offer passengers a comfortable and high-quality travelling experience despite extreme temperatures. Engineers tested the functionality of πŸš„
GENERAL

Domestic Production Driverless Wagons Coming to Mumbai Metro

07/11/2025
India-based rail system manufacturer Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd (TRSL) has signed a giant agreement worth $282 million with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The agreement covers the design, manufacture, supply and commissioning of 132 driverless metro wagons for the Mumbai Metro Line-5 project. TRSL will provide the technical πŸš„
GENERAL

New Step in Zero Emission Transport in Australia

07/11/2025
Progress Rail has delivered two BE14.5BB battery electric locomotives to Australia for Fortescue, marking a significant advance in its zero-emission mine rail transport solutions. Delivered to Fortescue by Progress Rail, a US-based subsidiary of Caterpillar, these 14.5 MWh mainline locomotives were assembled at the factory in Brazil. Fortescue intends to πŸš„
EUROPE

Β£2 Million Investment from Alstom to the UK

07/11/2025
French rail giant Alstom has cemented its long-term commitment to the UK with the construction of new offices and the opening of advanced HVAC refurbishment facilities on the historic Crewe Works site. this Β£2 million (approximately $2.55 million) project brings together technology, sustainability and community development in a single centre. πŸš„
GENERAL

Exploring Goa’s Heritage by Luxury Train

07/11/2025
IRCTC’s Golden Chariot train, offering a luxury tourism package, reached Madgaon Railway Station on Thursday. A caravan of international tourists flocked to the city to explore Goa’s rich cultural heritage on this special train. Such luxury and thematic tours are seen as part of the goal of promoting sustainable tourism πŸš„
GENERAL

Amtrak Modernises Boston Train Station

07/11/2025
Amtrak has begun a $583 million modernisation of Boston Southampton Train Station to improve efficiency, support new Airo trains and strengthen passenger service across New England. Amtrak, along with partners from MassDOT, NNEPRA, MBTA and RPA, broke ground on this major transformation project on 6 November. The project aims to πŸš„
GENERAL

ESTRAM Shared 21 Years of Experience at the Congress

07/11/2025
Eskişehir Light Rail System Operation (ESTRAM A.Ş.), one of the subsidiaries of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality, participated in the Rail Systems Congress and Exhibition organised for the second time this year and shared its 21 years of knowledge and innovations brought to the sector. Organised under the secretariat of TMMOB Chamber πŸš„
AMERICA

Healthy Nutrition is Every Child’s Right

07/11/2025
Humm Organic and AEV have joined forces with the belief that healthy nutrition is every child’s right. The announcement of the social investment project called “An Organic Support for a Healthy Future”, which will be implemented across Turkey, was made in Diyarbakir, where AEV’s Child and Family Centre is located. πŸš„
GENERAL

Railway Bridge Collapsed in Sydney: 1 Person Died

07/11/2025
In Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state, there was a sad accident in the town of Lithgow, 110 kilometres northwest of Sydney. The bridge collapsed after a lorry hit a railway bridge and one person was killed in the accident. Bridge collapsed, passenger trapped NSW police report that a lorry πŸš„
EUROPE

Russian Attack on Ukrainian Railway Network

07/11/2025
On the night between 5 November and 6 November, the Russian military launched intensive attacks targeting railway infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions of eastern and northern Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities stated that the attacks were aimed at paralysing the country’s important supply and transport lines. Attacks Targeted Front πŸš„
GENERAL

Tender Date of Trabzon Rail System Project Announced

07/11/2025
The rail system project, which Trabzon has been waiting for years and has been on the agenda in every election period, is finally reaching a concrete schedule. Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Metin GenΓ§, heralding the transition of the project to the implementation phase, announced the date of the tender. πŸš„
AMERICA

Domestic and National High Speed Train Excitement in Turkish Century

07/11/2025
Osman Boyraz, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, came together with young people at the “Transport Vision in Turkey’s Century” seminar organised at Kocaeli University and shared the country’s giant projects in the field of transport and infrastructure. In his opening speech, Kocaeli University Rector Prof. Dr. Nuh Zafer CantürkΓΌn πŸš„
GENERAL

2nd Rail Systems Congress Started in Eskisehir

07/11/2025
Eskişehir is hosting the 2nd Rail Systems Congress and Exhibition, which will be held on 6-7-8 November 2025. The congress, which aims to bring together stakeholders in the rail systems sector and to address current developments in the sector, started with the opening ceremony held today (6 November 2025, Thursday). πŸš„