AUSTRALIA: Unequal treatment of road and rail was a major factor behind the decision to suspend services on the 1 067 mm gauge network in South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, according to operator Genesee & Wyoming Australia. The 700 km network was mothballed at the end of May after GWA’s only customer switched its

TURKEY: Wabtec and Tülomsaş have delivered five PowerHaul diesel-electric locomotives to Körfez Ulaştırma, the rail transport subsidiary of oil refining company Tüpraş which was the first operator to order new locos after the government began issuing operating licenses to private companies in 2017. Körfez Ulaştırma signed the order with what was

USA: OmniTRAX has agreed to acquire the Winchester & Western Railroad from minerals company Covia Holdings Corp for $105m in cash, subject to adjustments. The transaction which is expected to close in Q3 2019 includes 470 wagons owned by the railway. Class III railway W& W has two divisions totalling 160

FREIGHTLINER’S No. 66587 became one of the most instantly recognisable locomotives on the network in June after it gained a striking new magenta and white livery.  The ‘66’ has been re-liveried and was named AS ONE, WE CAN at Southampton Maritime Terminal on June 11 to mark the freight operator’s

Specialist abseiling teams have been brought in by Network Rail to help shore up a steep embankment in Warwickshire and prevent potentially dangerous rockfalls. The earthworks close to Arley Tunnel, on the Leicester to Nuneaton line, sits below an old colliery slag heap and a mixture of natural soil

Journeys continue to be cancelled. Photo: Georgina Stubbs/PA Wire Train passengers face more delays and are being urged to avoid unnecessary travel as efforts continue to repair damage to the network caused by record-breaking July temperatures. There are also delays and cancellations at Heathrow, the UK’s biggest airport because of

UK: Network Rail has begun the process of appointing a contractor to supply and maintain ETCS Level 2 for the line between Stalybridge near Manchester and Cottingley near Leeds as part of the Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade Programme. The selected contractor would be expected to maintain the ETCS equipment over its anticipated

SLOVAKIA: RegioJet has acquired 10 second-hand double-deck coaches from DB Regio, which it plans to use to provide a rapid increase in capacity on Bratislava – Dunajská Streda – Komárno services operated under contract to the Ministry of Transport. The Dbz750 coaches were built at the Bautzen plant in the early

THE record July temperatures disrupted many lines in southern England on Thursday, and Network Rail has warned that some problems are likely to continue on Friday.The temperature reached a new record for July on Thursday, with 38.1C recorded at Cambridge. Widespread speed restrictions were imposed, and a number of operators urged

ITALY: A €28bn package of funding for FS Group infrastructure spending was formally approved by the government’s Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning on July 24, the state railway group has confirmed. CIPE has also approved updates to the programme contracts between the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport and the group’s two