Rail

There is no hesitation in using superlatives about the Gotthard base tunnel.

The project involves upgrading 63 km of existing railway on both the Asian and European shores and connecting it with the 14 km cross-Bosporus link, creating a 77 km cross-city commuter corridor in Istanbul linking Gebze and Halkali.

The Bulgarian State Railways, founded in 1888, are among the oldest rail networks in Europe.

In 2013, Network Rail launched a major initiative, called ORBIS, to boost the safety and efficiency of its railway infrastructure.

In 2010, Kazakhstan State Railways (KTZ) has embarked on a huge modernization program to rehabilitate and expand its extensive rail network by improving its infrastructure and investing in new rolling stock.

More and more countries consider high-performance, high-speed trains a transport option to cut fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

Increasing passenger capacity on existing networks becomes a priority for rail operators.

A-Train, the company that operates Arlanda Express decided in 2011 to refurbish his fleet of seven four-car electrical multiple units to improve passenger comfort and create what it calls ‘Trains of the future.’

Delhi Metro is a modern urban mass transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. It is the world's thirteenth largest metro system in terms of length.

Metro Line 2 (M2) is a large rail infrastructure project in Warsaw, the Polish capital.

ABB has been contracted by Bombardier Transportation to supply and install Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Remote Terminal Units (RTU) to help power Bangkok’s first monorails.

The KLIA Ekspres is a daily high-speed, non-stop rail service from Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. In 2014, Express Rail Link (ERL), the company that operates KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit, ordered six new Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) train sets from the Chinese manufacturer, Changchun Railway Vehicles (now part of CRRC).