Industry News
Rail industry news from India and worldwide: rolling stock manufacturers, signalling and systems suppliers, EPC contractors, financing, and technology partnerships across the metro and railway supply chain.
Alstom Ballarat plant to manufacture 25 new trains for Melbourne Suburban Railway
MELBOURNE (Metro Rail News): French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has won a contract worth $986 million to manufacture 25 new trains at its Ballarat...
Wabtec’s FLXdrive all-battery electric locomotive reduces freight train fuel consumption by more than 11 %
Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) revealed today a rail industry first: the FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive reduced fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by more than...
Kolkata Metro completes entire tunneling work of East-West Corridor
KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): Tunneling work for the 16.6 km-long East-West Metro corridor, which hit several hurdles over the last two years, has finally...
HCC-KEC JV wins Rs. 1147 cr contract for Corridor 4 of Chennai Metro Phase 2
CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), in a joint venture with KEC International (KEC), has been awarded Rs.1,147 crore contract by Chennai...
L&T bags contract to build 3rd & 4th corridor of Chennai Metro Phase 2 project
CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Tenders are being finalized for the third and fourth corridor of the Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 Project. Larsen and...
Maha Metro completes 50% Bridge work along the Deccan Gymkhana – Balgandharva Rangmandir
PUNE (Metro Rail News): On Thursday, Maha Metro announces that around 50% of the work on the Metro bridge, coming up on the Mutha...


