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The Union will invest R$ 3.6 billion to revive the Malha Oeste, a 1,625 km abandoned railway that connects Corumbá to São Paulo, in a concession project recently approved by ANTT that promises to reconnect the Midwest to the Port of Santos and the borders with Bolivia and Paraguay.

Bruno Teles 25/05/2026 at 22:29

Rail Transport

Five cities in the North of Santa Catarina may once again be connected by passenger train after 35 years, in an effort that brings together municipal associations, the Joinville Chamber, and CIMU to reactivate the EF-485 and reduce the number of cars on the BR-280 and BR-116 highways.

Bruno Teles 25/05/2026 at 15:01

Rail Transport

Catalonia approves a giant railway ring that will bypass Barcelona with 119 km of tracks and 39 stations, allowing passengers to cross the entire metropolis without ever needing to enter the city center.

Bruno Teles 24/05/2026 at 17:32

Rail Transport

To clear the railway that will connect Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, Iphan wants an archaeological sweep equivalent to three times the size of the island of Fernando de Noronha, and the Ministry of Transport considers the requirement disproportionate and unfeasible.

Bruno Teles 24/05/2026 at 17:04

Construction

For the first time in the Americas, a subway will be built and operated from start to finish by Chinese companies, and this is happening in Bogotá, where Line 1 has already surpassed 75% of the construction, with driverless electric trains manufactured in Qingdao arriving by ship.

Bruno Teles 23/05/2026 at 16:30

Rail Transport

R$ 27.6 billion will be invested in the largest railway in Brazil under an agreement that renews the VLI concession in Centro-Atlântica for another 30 years and returns to the Union about 3,100 km of tracks considered deficient, which may go to new operators.

Bruno Teles 23/05/2026 at 13:33

Construction

A mega-railway of over 5,000 kilometers financed and studied by China could cut across Brazil from end to end, cross the Amazon and the Andes, and connect Bahia to a Chinese port on the Peruvian Pacific, shortening the journey of Brazilian soybeans to Asia by 12 days.

Bruno Teles 22/05/2026 at 13:58

Rail Transport

With billions in loans, China is rebuilding Nigeria’s railway network from scratch, abandoning the British colonial tracks that have turned to scrap and creating a corridor of over 1,300 km to take the load off the roads of Africa’s largest economy.

Bruno Teles 21/05/2026 at 18:58

Construction

Transnordestina receives a new financial injection of R$ 41.2 million from Banco do Nordeste to complete strategic sections of the railway of over 1,200 kilometers and expand freight transport in the Northeast, with the expectation of reducing logistical bottlenecks and strengthening Brazilian exports.

Hilton Libório 19/05/2026 at 16:20

Rail Transport

BYD launches the first SkyRail monorail outside China in São Paulo, in a R$ 5.8 billion project with automated driverless trains, an 8 km range battery, and a capacity of 616 passengers per trip.

Bruno Teles 19/05/2026 at 14:04

Rail Transport

British train powered solely by battery debuts with passengers after 22 months of testing, exceeds 320 km on a single charge, and threatens to retire diesel on lines without complete electrification.

Noel Budeguer 11/05/2026 at 13:37

Construction

While Brazil’s Ferrogrão project has been stalled for 16 years, China is erecting the central tower of the world’s largest trans-sea railway bridge — 29.2 km of high-speed rail between Shanghai and Ningbo.

Douglas Avila 09/05/2026 at 18:04

Rail Transport

The Union will invest R$ 3.6 billion to revive the Malha Oeste, a 1,625 km abandoned railway that connects Corumbá to São Paulo, in a concession project recently approved by ANTT that promises to reconnect the Midwest to the Port of Santos and the borders with Bolivia and Paraguay.

Five cities in the North of Santa Catarina may once again be connected by passenger train after 35 years, in an effort that brings together municipal associations, the Joinville Chamber, and CIMU to reactivate the EF-485 and reduce the number of cars on the BR-280 and BR-116 highways.

Catalonia approves a giant railway ring that will bypass Barcelona with 119 km of tracks and 39 stations, allowing passengers to cross the entire metropolis without ever needing to enter the city center.

To clear the railway that will connect Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, Iphan wants an archaeological sweep equivalent to three times the size of the island of Fernando de Noronha, and the Ministry of Transport considers the requirement disproportionate and unfeasible.

For the first time in the Americas, a subway will be built and operated from start to finish by Chinese companies, and this is happening in Bogotá, where Line 1 has already surpassed 75% of the construction, with driverless electric trains manufactured in Qingdao arriving by ship.

R$ 27.6 billion will be invested in the largest railway in Brazil under an agreement that renews the VLI concession in Centro-Atlântica for another 30 years and returns to the Union about 3,100 km of tracks considered deficient, which may go to new operators.

A mega-railway of over 5,000 kilometers financed and studied by China could cut across Brazil from end to end, cross the Amazon and the Andes, and connect Bahia to a Chinese port on the Peruvian Pacific, shortening the journey of Brazilian soybeans to Asia by 12 days.

With billions in loans, China is rebuilding Nigeria’s railway network from scratch, abandoning the British colonial tracks that have turned to scrap and creating a corridor of over 1,300 km to take the load off the roads of Africa’s largest economy.

BYD launches the first SkyRail monorail outside China in São Paulo, in a R$ 5.8 billion project with automated driverless trains, an 8 km range battery, and a capacity of 616 passengers per trip.

British train powered solely by battery debuts with passengers after 22 months of testing, exceeds 320 km on a single charge, and threatens to retire diesel on lines without complete electrification.

While Brazil’s Ferrogrão project has been stalled for 16 years, China is erecting the central tower of the world’s largest trans-sea railway bridge — 29.2 km of high-speed rail between Shanghai and Ningbo.

With billions in loans, China is rebuilding Nigeria’s railway network from scratch, abandoning the British colonial tracks that have turned to scrap and creating a corridor of over 1,300 km to take the load off the roads of Africa’s largest economy.

Forget petroleum-based asphalt: a Scottish company transforms 684,000 plastic bottles into one kilometer of road that is 60% more resistant and up to 10 times more durable, and the technology has already started replacing traditional asphalt in more than 30 countries.

Austrian engineers have developed an inflatable concrete technology that transforms flat slabs into domes using only air pressure, eliminating scaffolding and temporary forms, and potentially changing the way bridges, tunnels, and curved roofs are constructed worldwide.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

A robot named Walter does the work of five bricklayers per hour and can save the construction industry, where the average age of professionals is 46 years and almost no one wants to learn the trade anymore, in the United Kingdom.

Spain installs two giant pipelines 2.2 km off the coast to draw water from the Mediterranean and supply a megafacility capable of producing 200 million liters of drinking water per day.

A 250-ton transformer traveled 1,929 km by road in India on a slow and planned journey that demonstrates how the power grid relies on giant loads, detours, and impossible routes for regular trucks.