It does not happen very often, but when it happens, most probably it’s in China: Two completely new metro systems open in a time lag of …

The 3.1 km extension of Warsaw‘s metro line M2 opened on 15 September 2019. This is the first extension of this route which has been inaugurated…

While alternating current railways have been able to easily feed their braking energy back into the grid for decades, this was only …

On 8 September the last meter-gauge train left the well-known terminal station Atxuri in Bilbao – some 105 years after its inauguration.…

Even the Google Doodle – that is how Google calls its’ logo is used to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and notable historical…

The City Council of Naples has signed a contract with CAF to supply a further seven metro trains. These trains will be added to the 12 units…

The public transport operator of Barcelona, TMB, placed an order for 42 new metro trains that will replace the oldest 3000 and 4000 series…

The remarkable expansion of tram networks in Algeria continues. Since 2011, a total of six completely new built tram systems with modern…

30 years ago, the then (East) Berlin U5 was extended from Elsterwerdaer Platz to Hönow. Opened on 1 July 1989, the ca. 5 km long route extension…

This book is a new edition of a similar publication by Robert Schwandl some 12 years ago, however, with a quite different layout. It covers…