International Railway Journal back issues from April 2007:
Lessons must be learned.(This Month)
Apr 01, 2007;
India to invest $US 7 billion.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Zagreb-Rijeka construction to start soon.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Britain starts new intercity train procurement.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Mehdorn defiant on DB privatisation.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
China to build Gabon railway.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Iron Rhine route reactivated.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
TGV Est set for June start.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
FRA refuses $US 2.3 billion DM&E loan.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Israel approves Hedjaz revival.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Angel seals first Desiro ML deal.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Trenitalia orders 150 electric locos from Bombardier.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
DB network unveils ProNetz.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
RDC in Guatemalan legal clash.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
PR launches modernisation plan.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Difficulties in obtaining finance are being blamed for the latest delays to the proposed Argentine high-speed line.(Argentina)
Apr 01, 2007
The government will ask for bids for the reconstruction and upgrading of the Buenos Aires-Mendoza line by the end of May.(Argentina)
Apr 01, 2007
The Belgrano Railroad will receive $US 300 million worth of investments, according to Secretary of Transport Mr Ricardo Jaime.(Argentina)
Apr 01, 2007
Queensland Rail's diesel and electric tilting trains will be able to travel at their design speed of 160km/h from June following governmental approval.(Australia)
Apr 01, 2007
Work to lengthen 10 passing loops and build four new loops on the New South Wales north coast line to accommodate 1500m-long trains has started.(Australia)
Apr 01, 2007
Dutch freight operator ERS has received certification to operate in Belgium and hopes to sign a track access deal with Infrabel shortly.(Belgium)
Apr 01, 2007
Lines in the state of Amapa in northern Brazil could be upgraded to carry iron-ore and finished steel products.(Brazil)
Apr 01, 2007
Bolivia is to build a new line to allow an Indian company to develop iron-ore reserves at Mutun.(Bolivia)
Apr 01, 2007
Four pre-qualified bidders for the Intercity East Coast passenger franchise have received an invitation to tender from the Department for Transport.(Britain)
Apr 01, 2007
Track authority Network Rail is predicting growth of 30% in railfreight over the next 10 years in its freight route utilisation strategy.(Britain)
Apr 01, 2007
A 104 million [pounds sterling] plan to upgrade Stratford Regional station in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London has been given the go-ahead.(Britain)
Apr 01, 2007
The government plans to build a new 175km coal line in the Boyaca area.(Colombia)
Apr 01, 2007
Mr Hubert du Mesnil is the new president of French Rail Network (RFF), after two years as CEO.(France)
Apr 01, 2007
NS sustains strong growth.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Railion and green cargo join forces.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Seven bidders for Saudi line.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
Work begins on Fortescue line.(News)
Apr 01, 2007
The managing director of freight operator Rail4Chem, Mr Matthias Raith, is leaving the company.(Germany)
Apr 01, 2007
Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel has won a landmark victory against the British and French governments over compensation and disruption caused by asylum seekers from an immigration centre in Sangatte, France, trespassing on trains through the tunnel.(International)
Apr 01, 2007
Mr Alain Barbey has been named as the new director of Swiss-Italian operator Cisaipino.(International)
Apr 01, 2007
Intercontainer has appointed Mr Rudolf Wintgens as its new director of operations.(International)
Apr 01, 2007
Mozambique Ports & Railways (CFM) is allocating $US 70 million to buy locomotives and upgrade infrastructure.(Mozambique)
Apr 01, 2007
After 20 years of planning, a start has been made on a 15-year, 3 billion [euro] redevelopment of the transport interchange at Utrecht Central station.(Netherlands)
Apr 01, 2007
German Rail (DB) and PCC Rail, Germany, have set up a new company to operate international freight trains between Germany and Poland.(Poland)
Apr 01, 2007
The Polish government has passed a bill to implement the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) on its network in compliance with European Union interoperability rules.(Poland)
Apr 01, 2007
A new 750km railway to the Atlantic Ocean near Dakar is to be built from Faleme in Senegal, from where international mining company Arcelor Mittal plans to mine haematite and magnetite.(Senegal)
Apr 01, 2007
Slovenian Railways (SZ) has named Mr Peter Puhan as its new chairman.(Slovenia)
Apr 01, 2007
The first of 18 high-speed AVE trains being refurbished by Alstom was handed over to operator Renfe in February.(Spain)
Apr 01, 2007
The newly-opened high-speed line could break even in as little as 18 months, according to its operator, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation.(Taiwan)
Apr 01, 2007
Freight traffic in Ukraine rose by 19.5% to 75 million tonnes in the first two months of the year.(Ukraine)
Apr 01, 2007
US Public Transport usage hits fifty-year high.(Transit News)
Apr 01, 2007
Tentative start for RandstadRail Line 3.(Transit News)
Apr 01, 2007
Rio de Janeiro resurrects commuter rail plan.(Transit News)
Apr 01, 2007
The mothballed 3.4km Penrose-Onehunga line is to be reopened to passengers at a cost of $NZ 10.5 million ($US 7.4 million).(Auckland)
Apr 01, 2007
Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) has awarded Bombardier a $US 40 billion contract to supply radio-based train control equipment for the Skytrain network.(Bangkok)
Apr 01, 2007
Alstom says it will bid aggressively to win contracts for the extension of the metro network.(Bangkok)
Apr 01, 2007
Benito Roggio, Argentina, has been awarded a Pesos 346 million ($US 111 million) contract to build a 2.3km extension of Metro Line E from Bolivar to an interchange with Line C at Retiro.(Buenos Aires)
Apr 01, 2007
Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) saw a 4.2% increase in turnover to $US 9.54 billion last year.(Hong Kong)
Apr 01, 2007
Affiliated Computer Services, United States, has been awarded a contract to supply a combined magnetic and contactless ticketing system for the city's first LRT line.(Jerusalem)
Apr 01, 2007
Metronet Rail, the consortium responsible for two of the three public-private partnerships upgrading the London underground network, has announced it will start awarding contracts to companies outside its five core partners.(London)
Apr 01, 2007
Tram-Train for Haifa-Nazareth.(Transit News)
Apr 01, 2007
Funding shortfall in Budapest.(Transit News)
Apr 01, 2007
Thirty more LRVs for Manila.(Transit News)
Apr 01, 2007
Sao Paulo to buy new trains.(Transit News)
Apr 01, 2007
Hanoi funding approved.(Transit News)
Apr 01, 2007
Plans to run the Rijn-Gouwe line through the streets of the town centre have been rejected in a local referendum.(Leiden (Netherlands))
Apr 01, 2007
The Light Rail Transit Authority says preparations for the 5.4km northern extension of LRT Line 1 from Monumento to North Avenue.(Manila)
Apr 01, 2007
Metropolitan Transit Authority.(New York)
Apr 01, 2007
The Perth Southern Suburban Railway is to be inaugurated on July 29.(Perth)
Apr 01, 2007
The Dominican Transit Reform Office (OPRET) says it is confident the city's first metro line will open on schedule.(Santo Domingo)
Apr 01, 2007