IRS'24 taster ‘Give us your rail data and we’ll cut your costs’: meet the data experts proving greener is cheaper

Bringing down fuel leakage, using assets wisely and managing workplace air and noise conditions… These are just some of the things that railway companies can do by properly…
Rail liberalisation Trenitalia moves deeper into France with new Alpine routes

Italy’s Trenitalia continues to expand its services in France, offering passengers a new opportunity to reach the Alps by train this winter. The railway company is announcing the…
Stadler grows in Poland Stadler launches new Polish plant for power converters

Rail giant Stadler has launched another plant in Poland, this time in the city of Białystok, where it will be manufacturing DC power converters for rail vehicles. With…
Deutsche works, Dutch woes NL passenger rail to suffer amid 80 weeks of work in Germany

Passengers heading to Germany from the Netherlands are set to suffer amid the start of long-term rail works in Germany along the so-called “Holland Line”, the route that…
A safer workplace Safety First on track worksites with SCWS and MRWS

PARTNER – Safety of employees on track worksites is essential. ZÖLLNER Signal, the world’s leading supplier of solutions from Signal Controlled Warning Systems (SCWS) to standalone solutions like…
S-Bahn upended Berlin passenger train bursts into flames, cause unclear

A major fire broke out on a passenger train on the outskirts of Berlin this weekend, with the carriages going up in smoke while several passengers were still…
Eurostar to run direct A’dam-London service from February

Eurostar has announced it will be running regular services again between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and London from February 2025. The route has been closed since June 15 due to…
UK Budget is passenger unfriendly

Budget statements are a part of parliamentary democracy, and the UK is no different. Last week, the new UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, swiftly tailored her government spending plans…
‘A black Friday for Novi Sad’: Deadly Serbian station collapse triggers blame game

Fourteen people were killed and three severely injured this weekend in Serbia’s Novi Sad after a roof collapsed at the entrance of the city’s newly rebuilt railway station.…
Intelligent Rail Summit ‘24: Rail Baltica states team up with EU to streamline megaproject across borders

It’s less than two weeks now until the Intelligent Rail Summit ‘24, and Rail Baltica appears to be thoroughly in sync with one of our conference’s main topics:…
High-speed T2G Mm-wave communications as the foundation for future rail services

PARTNER – The millimetre-wave (mm-wave) range, particularly the 71-86 GHz E-band, is emerging as a foundational technology for train-to-ground (T2G) communications. With 10-gigabit data speed, it goes beyond…
Spain floods: Valencia-Madrid HS line cut for up to 3 weeks, commuter rail ‘completely destroyed’ – Puente

Spain is still reeling from its worst flash floods in decades, with at least 158 people confirmed dead. Meanwhile infrastructure, particularly in the region of Valencia, has been…