Istanbul Foundation’s New Year Shopping Festival Started

25/12/2025 ASIA, RAILWAY, Turkiye

The New Year shopping festival, organized in cooperation with the Istanbul Foundation and İSMEK, appears not only as a market area but also as a movement that keeps the culture of solidarity alive. This special event, which opened its doors to visitors at the Museum Gazhane between 24-30 December, is a solidarity platform where handmade products are brought together for social benefit, original designs are exhibited and all proceeds will be used in vital areas such as education and equality. This article delves into the dynamics behind the festival, the stories of the producers and the experience it offers to visitors.

Greece Negotiates with US Firms to Upgrade F-16 Electronic Warfare Capabilities

Northrop Grumman’s AN/ALQ-257 IVEWS System Overview: Northrop Grumman designed the AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) to bring fifth-generation-equivalent electronic warfare (EW) capabilities to F-16 fleets. The system emphasizes survivability in dense electromagnetic threat environments by detecting, classifying, and countering advanced radio-frequency (RF) and millimeter-wave threats. How it works 🚄

VIA Rail Offers Three Years of Free Train Travel for Pediatric Patients

VIA Rail has launched a three-year partnership with the Children’s Hospital Foundations of Canada to provide free train travel for families of pediatric patients traveling to six hospitals across Ontario and Quebec. The program expands a pilot launched in London in April 2026 and aims to reduce the financial and 🚄

Consultation Begins for Swansea Bay Metro in Wales

Overview of the Swansea Bay Metro proposal and consultation timeline Transport for Wales (TfW) has launched a public consultation on the Swansea Bay Metro to boost frequency between Swansea and Pembrey & Burry Port and to explore a later extension to Ammanford via Neath. The current consultation invites written responses 🚄

Tax Support for Public Transit in the San Francisco Bay Area

Overview of the Measure and Early Vote Totals Voters across five Bay Area counties approved a 14-year sales tax measure to fund regional transit systems, with preliminary counts showing strong support. As of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s unofficial tally at 08:50 on November 4, 2026, 714,460 votes were in favor 🚄

Carmont Train Crash Caused by Faulty Drainage System

Inquiry finds drainage works deviated from approved design and directly contributed to derailment Investigation outcome: The Carmont derailment in August 2020 followed heavy rain that washed construction spoil from a poorly built drainage system onto the Aberdeen–Glasgow line. The sheriff’s 199‑page determination concluded that if the drainage had been built 🚄

Yapı Merkezi and German Railways Explore Strategic Partnership

Yapı Merkezi Hosts German Railway Industry Delegation to Launch Joint Investment Talks Yapı Merkezi welcomed Sarah Stark, General Manager of the German Railway Industry Association (VDB), and a delegation of German rail sector representatives to discuss concrete pathways for technology transfer, joint investments in third countries, and business development in 🚄

Russia’s First Domestic Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train Produced

Russia Completes Assembly of First Domestic Hydrogen Fuel‑Cell Passenger Train Transmashholding (TMH) finished assembly Russia’s first domestically developed hydrogen fuel‑cell passenger train at the Demikhovo plant near Moscow. The train targets non‑electrified routes as a direct diesel replacement and aims to reduce fossil fuel use on regional lines. TMH developed 🚄

Pune Metro Line 3 Opens: A First for India

Overview of Pune Metro Line 3 and its PPP model Pune Metro Line 3 connects Hinjawadi IT hub to Shivajinagar over 23.2 km, opening for passengers on 3 November 2026. Delivered under India’s 2017 New Metro Rail Policy through a Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer (DBFOT) public–private partnership (PPP), the project is the country’s 🚄

VIA Rail Completes Modernization of Toronto Maintenance Center

Project Overview and Purpose VIA Rail completed a federally funded C$310 million modernization of its Toronto Maintenance Center on 2 November 2026. The upgrade converts an older maintenance site into a high-performance, integrated facility designed primarily to support the new Corridor fleet of 32 bi-directional trainsets while continuing to service 🚄

Amtrak Prepares for Record Passenger Demand Over Thanksgiving Holiday

Amtrak boosts Northeast Regional capacity for an extended Thanksgiving travel window Amtrak will add cars to select Northeast Regional trains and run extra round trips between Washington Union Station and New York Penn Station to meet surging Thanksgiving demand. The carrier plans to attach additional coaches on many trains during 🚄