Renfe beefs up customer service operation following start of free ticket campaign
Renfe has hired 851 new employees for its customer service division, who will be active on Renfe stations and at its call centre. The move comes in the…
Spain’s free train tickets on sale as of today
Spain’s free train ticket campaign kicked off earlier on Wednesday, with registered Renfe users being able to obtain free passes for the Cercanías, Rodalies de Catalunya and Media…
TUI launches new night trains to Austrian ski resorts
Major German tourism business TUI on Tuesday announced the introduction of the TUI Ski Express in cooperation with GreenCityTrip. From December 23 onwards, new night train services will…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz throws weight behind plans for 9-euro ticket successor
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lauded the country’s 9-euro ticket for public transport, labelling it as “one of the best ideas of late”. Based on its success, Scholz…
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‘We protect trains in a way that benefits the overall appearance’
If a train approaches that it is pristine condition, it can mean a few things: it is brand new or it has been washed. However, it can also…
British strikes: the revision sheet
A series of planned strikes on the British rail network make this a very long weekend indeed. Thursday, Friday and Saturday may not be good days to move…
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voestalpine Signaling readies image-based wayside monitoring equipment
voestalpine Signaling is gearing up for the market launch of its MDS Visual Train Analysis (VTA) system. While the company is the worldwide frontrunner in terms of the…
Thousands register with Renfe for free train tickets on first day
Renfe registered more than 81,000 new users on Tuesday, the first day of registration for the free train passes that will become available later this month for use…
Alstom’s Q1 order volume down, sales up
Alstom has ended the first quarter of financial year 2022/2023 with a 13-percent drop in orders received. Sales on the other hand, were up 5 percent over the…
Is rail capable of winning back summer holidaymakers?
Trains have long been associated with tourism and discovering a new country or travelling Europe. However, in the past decades mass tourism seems to have deserted one of…
Spain announces free Renfe train tickets for fourth quarter
During the Spanish equivalent of the US State of the Union address, president Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday announced discounts of up to 100 percent for certain Renfe services…
New railway connection to Venice Airport gets 644-million-euro price tag
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and the Venice prefecture signed the protocol for the construction of a new railway line to Venice Marco Polo airport this week. In the…
What does the East Coast digitisation mean for the UK rail network
The announcement that the East Coast Main Line (ECML) will benefit from a significant digital upgrading has caught the imagination of the rail industry at large. There is…
Germany wants to introduce ‘climate ticket’ after successful 9-euro ticket
The German government is considering the introduction of a climate ticket for trains, which would enable travellers to take regional trains at a reduced price. The plan follows…
DB’s 9-euro ticket pushes passenger numbers to above pre-corona levels
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has sold 10 million so-called 9-euro tickets in the first month of sales. The temporary flat-fee public transport ticket has also helped in restoring passenger…