PKP Intercity has signed an agreement with the Centre for EU Transport Projects for a 500-million-euro European grant to help it buy 56 zero-emission locomotives and modernise 248…
The battle for budget rail in Spain continues. French high-speed train operator Ouigo has launched an offer of 10,000 tickets at just one euro, much to the anger…
You lose some, you win some. Last week, the EU fined Czechia’s state-backed rail company České dráhy (ČD) nearly thirty-two million euros for trying to shut out private…
There’s a new UK Budget and there’s some big news for British rail. Finance minister Rachel Reeves has said the southern leg of the HS2 railway line should…
At least 70 people have died in Spain’s deadliest flooding in three decades after torrential rains devastated the country, especially in eastern Valencia. Much of the region’s rail…
Spain has launched what it calls “the second phase” of its liberalisation programme for passenger rail, with Adif opening up to private operators on three new corridors: the…
It’s a quintessentially English scene. A train winds its way across a harbour to a historic ferry pier. There were examples all over the country, especially in the…
It’s been a hard few weeks in terms of train derailments for Europe. First, there was the accident in Madrid’s high-speed tunnel. Then there was the fatal head-on…
Switzerland is going to pay more than fifty million euros to electrify a rail network… in Germany. The Swiss government has decided to contribute tens of millions to…
It’s budget time in the UK, and the country’s top rail lobby, the Railway Industry Association (RIA), has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to “bring forward a steady…
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is continuing to green Germany’s regional rail network: it’s announced that it will start electrifying part of its Eifelstrecke railway network, which connects the Cologne…
Whether your name is Mr Anderson, or Agent Smith, if you’ve been trying to renew your concessions on Transport for London, and found yourself down a rabbit hole…
As of today, the key ‘Branický most’ railway bridge in the Czechia capital of Prague will start full double-track train operations, which means more capacity for both freight…
The Cambrian line in Wales, the first rail route in the UK to be equipped with the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), is set to open for…
Earlier this month, Croatia announced plans to invest six billion euros in railway infrastructure over the next decade. So where will this investment go, where is the money…