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  • Brasilia's LRT turns to APS technology to protect its modernist landscape
    Lrt

    Brasilia's LRT turns to APS technology to protect its modernist landscape

    Ground-level power supply avoids overhead wires, respects the protected Plano Piloto and repositions W3 Avenue as a mobility corridor.

  • Brazil's Line 17 and National Rail Plan signal a new technology cycle
    High Speed Rail

    Brazil's Line 17 and National Rail Plan signal a new technology cycle

    From automated monorail operations in Sao Paulo to new freight corridors, Brazil is rebuilding rail as strategic infrastructure.

  • Brazil pours R$100 billion into five mega-corridors to quadruple rail freight share by 2035
    Logistics

    Brazil pours R$100 billion into five mega-corridors to quadruple rail freight share by 2035

    Brazil's R$100 billion National Railways Plan aims to quadruple the freight rail share from 17% to 40% by 2035, stitching together five mega-corridors that cros

  • Korail to Replace KTX-I Fleet with 49 EMU-320 High-Speed Trainsets
    Korail

    Korail to Replace KTX-I Fleet with 49 EMU-320 High-Speed Trainsets

    South Korea's Korail plans to order 49 EMU-320 trainsets to replace aging KTX-I fleet, with first units entering service from 2032.

  • European Sleeper targets Milan launch amid regulatory hurdles
    European Sleeper

    European Sleeper targets Milan launch amid regulatory hurdles

    Open-access night train operator European Sleeper prepares Milan-Brussels service while tackling French and German barriers.

  • AtkinsRéalis to support Riyadh Metro operations and expansion

    Jul 29, 2026

  • Colombia begins work on first underground rail station

    Jul 29, 2026

  • Bechtel named delivery partner for Newcastle-Sydney high speed rail

    Jul 28, 2026

  • Castex removes SNCF Voyageurs head to preserve state railway unity

    Jul 28, 2026

  • First African-European Rail Dialogue to Debut at InnoTrans 2026

    Jul 28, 2026

  • Hungary unveils €9.76bn rail plan with metro extension and battery trains

    Jul 28, 2026

  • Algarve line electrified as CP launches electric services

    Jul 27, 2026

  • China Expands Automated Metro Networks to Redefine Urban Mobility

    Jul 27, 2026

  • Colombia starts work on first underground rail station in Medellin

    Jul 27, 2026

  • Euskotren opens underground bypass in San Sebastian, doubling service frequency

    Jul 27, 2026

  • Hitachi Rail trials hands-free gate opening in Amsterdam

    Jul 26, 2026

  • InnoTrans 2026 to Be Most International Edition Yet

    Jul 26, 2026

  • Spain drops double-track plan for Teruel-Sagunt freight corridor

    Jul 26, 2026

  • Swiss firm Wyss&Lila opens rail maintenance base in Croatian port of Rijeka

    Jul 26, 2026

  • Almaty light rail construction begins, Berlin launches longest trams

    Jul 25, 2026

  • Stadler refuses to pay 10 million Swiss franc ransom after cyberattack

    Jul 25, 2026

  • India launches first domestically built hydrogen train

    Jul 23, 2026

  • Spanish rail crash probe to take months more as lab tests pending

    Jul 23, 2026

  • Model Railway News May 2026: Industry Trends in Miniature

    Jul 22, 2026

  • North America Transit Expansion: 149 Miles of New Lines Set for 2026

    Jul 22, 2026

  • North American Rail Freight Embraces Advanced Eco-Technologies

    Jul 22, 2026

  • Turkey awards contract for Gebze metro branch line

    Jul 22, 2026

  • European Sleeper targets Milan launch amid regulatory hurdles

    Jul 21, 2026

  • How digital technology is transforming US freight locomotives

    Jul 21, 2026

  • Korail to Replace KTX-I Fleet with 49 EMU-320 High-Speed Trainsets

    Jul 21, 2026

  • Romanian suburban rail projects gain momentum outside Bucharest

    Jul 21, 2026

  • Knorr-Bremse to digitalise Fortescue heavy haul signalling

    Jul 20, 2026

  • Lagos and CCECC to build railway training centre for network expansion

    Jul 20, 2026

  • Traxtion invests R$ 3.4 billion and will redefine freight rail in South Africa with modernized locomotives

    Jul 14, 2026

  • With metro at R$1 billion per km, Brazil plans to double network and quadruple VLTs by 2054

    Jul 14, 2026

  • Brazil 2054: The Plan to Double the Metro and Quadruple BRTs and LRVs

    Jul 13, 2026

  • Chinese underwater train defies geology and exposes the myopia that stalls high-speed rail in Brazil

    Jul 13, 2026

  • Doubling the metro and quadrupling BRTs and LRVs: Brazil's urban mobility challenge until 2054

    Jul 13, 2026

  • High-Speed Rail Connecting Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland: The Future of Transportation in the Cascadia Megaregion

    Jul 13, 2026

  • Lisbon Metro Becomes a Global Live Laboratory for Optical Fiber in Real Operation

    Jul 13, 2026

  • Salvador's LRT: When Tracks Return to the Suburbs — and Bring a Skatepark, Metro, and Future

    Jul 13, 2026

  • The tracks are the material geometry of the future: challenges and strategies in freight rail infrastructure

    Jul 13, 2026

  • Alta velocidade e trilhos no Brasil dependem de engenharia financeira e tecnologia chinesa

    Jul 12, 2026

  • China breaks the 450 km/h barrier and rewrites the geography of development on rails

    Jul 12, 2026

  • Expansion of the São Paulo Metro breaks the inertia and turns the rails into a vector of development

    Jul 12, 2026

  • Fiber optics, control centers and new tracks redefine metro efficiency worldwide

    Jul 12, 2026

  • Interborough Express advances with heavy engineering while Bonde São Paulo awaits modeling

    Jul 12, 2026

  • Nova Ferroeste plans a 38-million-ton corridor and reshapes grain logistics in Southern Brazil

    Jul 12, 2026

  • Salvador inaugurates first Suburb VLT station and projects a new era for Brazilian urban rails

    Jul 12, 2026

  • Silent Investments Redefine U.S. Freight Rail Infrastructure

    Jul 12, 2026

  • The train that carries the world: US$ 64 billion on rails and Brazil's place in the global freight network

    Jul 12, 2026

  • Every kilometer of new railway in Brazil costs R$ 27 million and depends on Beijing

    Jul 11, 2026

  • Ferrovia Transoceânica desafia a engenharia dos Andes e da Amazônia para encurtar o Brasil rumo à Ásia

    Jul 11, 2026

  • Freight railways break global inertia with state subsidies and new financial engineering

    Jul 11, 2026

  • French Tramway: The Technical Lessons of an Icon of Low-Carbon Urban Renewal

    Jul 11, 2026

  • Record budget of R$ 5.4 billion drives the largest expansion in the history of the São Paulo Metro

    Jul 11, 2026

  • Salvador's VLT inaugurates a new era of rail mobility in Brazil

    Jul 11, 2026

  • San Fernando Valley reclaims the rail after 70 years with billion-dollar light rail and social justice

    Jul 11, 2026

  • The largest budget in the history of the São Paulo Metro: R$ 5.4 billion to expand three lines in 2026

    Jul 11, 2026

  • The subway growing under pressure: the largest technical expansion in São Paulo's history

    Jul 11, 2026

  • Trem-bala SP–Rio acumula 18 anos de promessas sem um trilho construído

    Jul 11, 2026

  • Betting on rails exposes the chasm between innovation and backwardness in American corridors

    Jul 10, 2026

  • Brazil stitches together a railway to the Pacific with Chinese engineering to shorten the grain route

    Jul 10, 2026

  • China launches 450 km/h CR450 and consolidates the reinvention of global high-speed rail

    Jul 10, 2026

  • Phoenix Light Rail uses precision engineering to tame the scorching desert asphalt

    Jul 10, 2026

  • Record R$5.4 billion budget turns São Paulo Metro into a rail integration lab

    Jul 10, 2026

  • The railway challenge of connecting two oceans: the new route for soybeans and ore

    Jul 10, 2026

  • Transforming Cities: Modernization and Innovation in Transportation Infrastructure

    Jul 10, 2026

  • VLT as an urban scalpel and the new design of São Paulo's city center

    Jul 10, 2026

  • VLT Reborn in Brazil: Salvador Inaugurates Modern System and Other Cities Follow Suit

    Jul 10, 2026

  • Brazil and China advance in planning a bi-oceanic railway

    Jul 9, 2026

  • Brazil and China sign agreement for transcontinental railway linking Atlantic to Pacific

    Jul 9, 2026

  • In Lisbon's metro tunnels, optical fiber that can multiply internet capacity by seven

    Jul 9, 2026

  • Rio Metro plans historic leap with underwater tunnel and R$28.8 billion PPP

    Jul 9, 2026

  • Salvador Light Rail advances with 43.71 km of tracks and integration that challenges road-centric logic

    Jul 9, 2026

  • TAV São Paulo-Rio: the high-speed train that Brazil insists on not getting off the drawing board

    Jul 9, 2026

  • The Brazilian bullet train dream: between ambition and financial reality

    Jul 9, 2026

  • The new geography of steel and grain

    Jul 9, 2026

  • The railway to the Pacific: Brazil's bet on cargo with Chinese partner

    Jul 9, 2026

  • The spring of VLTs: 9 projects that could transform urban mobility in Brazil

    Jul 9, 2026

  • VLT of Baixada Santista: technical innovations and integrated planning for metropolitan mobility

    Jul 9, 2026

  • Lisbon Metro becomes a living laboratory to test optical fiber that multiplies data by seven

    Jul 8, 2026

  • Nova Ferroeste and the global leap of freight railways with PPPs and hybrid capital

    Jul 8, 2026

  • Rio-São Paulo TAV racks up R$ 50 billion in promises and never leaves the drawing board due to political indecision

    Jul 8, 2026

  • Salvador's VLT redefines mobility with multimodal integration and social justice in the Railway Suburb

    Jul 8, 2026

  • São Paulo Advances with Record Investment in Metro and Technology for Brazil

    Jul 8, 2026

  • São Paulo subway expansion exposes the historical abandonment of rail in Brazil

    Jul 8, 2026

  • States fund freight rail modernization with large-scale public-private partnerships

    Jul 8, 2026

  • The country rediscovered on rails and the transcontinental leap that China has already financed

    Jul 8, 2026

  • The silent reinvention of the light rail: low floor, 105 km/h and the end of overhead wires

    Jul 8, 2026

  • Title: TAV Brasil awaits political signal to unlock R$ 60 billion for the São Paulo-Rio bullet train

    Jul 8, 2026

  • High-speed rail in the USA: why the world's greatest power still stumbles on high-speed tracks

    Jul 7, 2026

  • Lisbon Metro becomes fiber optics laboratory and multiplies transmission capacity up to seven times

    Jul 7, 2026

  • Lisbon Metro becomes the world's largest optical fiber testing center under real conditions

    Jul 7, 2026

  • Megalomaniacs of the rails: what the dance of Chinese capital reveals about the flow of the Brazilian harvest

    Jul 7, 2026

  • Salvador restores trains from the defunct Cuiabá VLT for a revolution on rails in the Railway Suburb

    Jul 7, 2026

  • TAV São Paulo-Rio is reborn with Chinese push and R$ 50 billion at stake

    Jul 7, 2026

  • **Title**: American states turbocharge freight rails with public money and billion-dollar PPPs

    Jul 7, 2026

  • VLTs explode in projects in Brazil and promise a silent revolution in urban mobility

    Jul 7, 2026

  • São Paulo on Rails: The Ambitious Subway Modernization Plan That Will Change Urban Mobility

    Jul 4, 2026

  • The Future of Urban Development in Brazil Rides on the Rails of the Metro

    Jul 3, 2026

  • The Metro as a Driver of Urban and Productive Development

    Jul 3, 2026

  • VLT as a Driver of Urban Modernity and Productive Development

    Jul 3, 2026

  • American states transform freight railways into strategic infrastructure with billions in investments

    Jul 2, 2026

  • Brasil e China desenham ferrovia transcontinental para reduzir em 12 dias o caminho dos grãos até o Pacífico

    Jul 2, 2026

  • High Speed: The Architecture of Modern Development

    Jul 2, 2026

  • High-speed train between São Paulo and Rio accumulates 18 years of promises and no track built

    Jul 2, 2026

  • Interborough Express: the engineering of a 14-mile LRT connecting Brooklyn to Queens in 32 minutes

    Jul 2, 2026

  • New York advances with mega light rail project that redefines mobility between Brooklyn and Queens

    Jul 2, 2026

  • São Paulo Metro injects R$5.4 billion in 2026 to break Guarulhos' technical isolation

    Jul 2, 2026

  • São Paulo nos Trilhos: R$ 57 bilhões, 50 km de metrô e a primeira linha fora da capital

    Jul 2, 2026

  • Brazil and China pave the way for the era of high-speed trains in the country

    Jul 1, 2026

  • Discreet engineering innovations reduce the cost of light rail and stitch it into the city

    Jul 1, 2026

  • Metro expansion in Rio and São Paulo mobilizes R$20 billion for underwater tunnel, monorail, and CBTC technology

    Jul 1, 2026

  • Projects like Ferrogrão and Fico-Fiol stall as China maps Brazil's railways

    Jul 1, 2026

  • Railway that will unite Atlantic to Pacific puts Brazil at the center of the logistics engineering of the century

    Jul 1, 2026

  • Second wave of Light Rail Vehicles advances strongly in Brazil and injects R$ 10 billion into electric mobility

    Jul 1, 2026

  • The American rail paradox: billions, bureaucracy, and the utopia of 355 km/h in the land of the automobile

    Jul 1, 2026

  • The track that pays for itself: how private investment in freight railroads transformed the USA and challenges Brazil

    Jul 1, 2026

  • The tunnel that will connect Rio to Niterói: the engineering of Metro Line 3

    Jul 1, 2026

  • The tunnel under the bay: how Rio de Janeiro's Metro Line 3 promises to revolutionize mobility in the state of Rio

    Jul 1, 2026

  • Ultra-light trains and trams: the UK's bet to make light rail cheaper and bring it to medium-sized cities

    Jul 1, 2026

  • Brazil and China sign technical partnership for 5,311 km interoceanic railway

    Jun 30, 2026

  • Geometry of the future: the high-speed train that compresses Vietnam into 23 minutes

    Jun 30, 2026

  • Nova Ferroeste and the financial engineering that could change the cargo route in Brazil

    Jun 30, 2026

  • Phoenix Light Rail Tames the Desert with Thermal Expansion Engineering and Expansion Joints

    Jun 30, 2026

  • The $45 billion megaproject that will double the Paris metro

    Jun 30, 2026

  • The rebirth of freight railways in Brazil: FIOL as the locomotive of the New PAC

    Jun 30, 2026

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    Jun 30, 2026

  • VLT vs. BRT: why the modern tram is the best investment for the future of cities

    Jun 30, 2026

  • When technology organizes space, society gains time to live

    Jun 30, 2026

  • Chinese engineering silently advances over Brazil's railway network

    Jun 29, 2026

  • Brazil pours R$100 billion into five mega-corridors to quadruple rail freight share by 2035

    Jun 5, 2026

  • Brasilia's LRT turns to APS technology to protect its modernist landscape

    May 16, 2026

  • Brazil's Line 17 and National Rail Plan signal a new technology cycle

    May 16, 2026

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