The outgoing transport minister of Bulgaria has signed a €65 million deal with Škoda Transportation for five new electric locomotives. That’s after the Czech company sealed a deal…
Alstom has finished the first of more than a hundred Coradia Max electric trains at its Polish factory in Chorzów and has sent it off for testing in…
The approaches to London Victoria have to deal with traffic levels that are anything but Victorian. The fifth busiest station in the UK needs split second train planning…
Amid Spain’s infrastructure breakdown following the DANA storm, there is some good news coming out of the Iberian Peninsula. A new high-speed concourse has opened at one of…
UK rail minister Peter Hendy has publicly apologised for threatening to withhold contracts from a Network Rail supplier whose engineer had raised safety concerns about overcrowding at Euston…
One of Europe’s busiest rail routes, the Paris-Lyon high-speed line, is closing this weekend for four days as SNCF pushes ahead with its major upgrade to the new…
With just five days to go until RailTech’s Intelligent Rail Summit ‘24 in Tallinn, a big cash injection into the Rail Baltica megaproject will add another twist to…
Serbia’s construction minister has resigned days after a concrete canopy collapsed at a newly renovated railway station in Novi Sad, killing 14 people and seriously injuring three others.…
The project to reopen a line in the northeast of England is slow, despite vigorous engineering and campaigning efforts. The Northumberland Line, principally connecting the port of Blyth…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…