It’s your daily update on Europe’s tracks from RailTech. Alstom has been turning heads today with the news that they will indeed shutter their Görlitz plant in a…
Scotland’s Railway has announced an initiative to radically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years. It’s part of a comprehensive response to the escalating challenges…
According to an analysis of Standard Ethics based on publicly available information, 58 per cent of the largest European rail infrastructure managers do not communicate a commitment to…
This Thursday, the UN climate conference COP28 kicked off in Dubai. Though transport is not one of the main topics, railway sector organisations try their best to draw…
With multiple railways hit by flooding in the past weeks, it becomes more and more visible that extreme rainfall can have a devastating impact on railway infrastructure.…
After a storm and heavy rain caused a railway bridge on the Norwegian Dovre line to collapse last week, traffic on that route has come to a standstill.…
Passengers and freight face increasing delays and disruption if Britain’s electric railways are not adapted to climate change, a new report by electrified rail experts of Furrer+Frey warns.…
More than 350 people, 60 vehicles and 21 contractors have been deployed by Italian railway manager RFI to restore the damaged infrastructure after flooding that hit the Emilia…
A limited timetable is in effect on the West of England Main Line from Friday 2 September until October due to the so-called Soil Moisture Deficit (SMD). As…
A Renfe medium-distance train got caught in a forest fire near Bejís in the Spanish province of Castellón earlier on Wednesday, resulting in a panic among passengers and…
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has warned Londoners to expect the worst if this week’s weather forecast is accurate. The South East of England is on alert…
Heatwaves with record-breaking temperatures made their impact on European railways in June and July this year, and it probably won’t be the last time. Are railways ready to…
European labour unions have called upon the European Commission to introduce a maximum temperature for outside work, which would include trackside work. RailTech’s Dutch sister publication SpoorPro spoke…
Following this week’s unprecedented heatwave, Network Rail is gearing up its efforts to make the UK network more resilient by launching a special taskforce for hot weather. “We’ve…
This week’s heatwave has put pressure on UK infrastructure like never before. The unprecedented closure of the East Coast Main Line, in the face of temperatures more akin…