Railway News - Rolling Stock, High Speed Rail & Infrastructure

Bechtel signed a two-year development contract to advance the Newcastle to Sydney high speed rail line for 320 km/h trains before a final investment decision.

Fortescue awarded Knorr-Bremse a contract to digitise signalling across its 760 km Pilbara rail network, enabling real-time remote route updates, with phased completion by mid-2027.

Algeria secured $878 million in ADB financing for the 230-km Ghardaïa–El Meniaa rail section, phase two of a 495-km trans-Saharan rail line in the south.

AECOM and Bureau Veritas secured a six-year independent certifier contract to verify the A$5.5bn first phase of the Wave rail link between Beerwah and Caloundra.

Siemens Mobility delivered the first of 12 driverless metro trains for the new 23km Western Sydney Airport metro line after a 23,000km voyage from Vienna.

KB Signaling upgrades Fortescue’s 620-km Pilbara ITCS railway through mid-2027 with new wayside hardware for dynamic routing and real-time monitoring.