Abu Dhabi’s state-owned holding firm Mubadala Investment Company will back the planned 3-billion-dollar railway between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman, it announced this week.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Lufthansa have registered a 25-per cent increase in joint air-rail services to and from Frankfurt Airport over the past two years, the companies write…
Renfe spent 630 million euros on traction energy in 2022, an increase of 78.6 per cent over the 277.4 million spent in 2021. This resulted in a loss…
The new ‘Deutschlandticket’, a flat-fee public transport card for regional trains and other forms of public transport, will be valid from May 1 onwards. Federal and local authorities…
Eurotunnel operator Getlink has ended 2022 with a 107-per cent increase in revenue for a new all-time high of 1.6 billion euros, the company announced on Thursday. The…
The Turkish ministry of Transport and Infrastructure this week inaugurated a metro line to Istanbul Airport. The line stands out for its speed, as in some sections passengers…
Booking international train tickets in many cases remains an uphill battle. But how all-encompassing does a solution have to be? Should there be a continent-wide roadmap or will…
Swedish regional operator Skånetrafiken will assume responsibility for the regional trains that cross the Öresund straight between Sweden and Denmark from Danish operator DSB on Sunday, when the…
In little more than a week, RailTech.com will bring together sector experts for a discussion about ticketing and how to make cross-border train travel easier and more attractive…
State transport ministers in Germany have agreed that the Deutschland ticket, the successor of the successful 9-euro ticket, should be ready no later than April 1 2023. While…
All ÖBB traffic in Austria was suspended for the entirety of Monday 28 November following a failure to reach an agreement with railway union KV.
Development of new urban rail infrastructure in Africa could cut one gigatonne of CO2 emissions by 2050 as well as fostering inclusive socio-economic growth, according to new research…
Renfe’s Cercanías, Rodalies, and medium-distance services will be curtailed on Friday due to strike action by a minority union. The Spanish operator says the strikes are going ahead…
The Kingdom of Bahrain will launch a tender for the construction of its new lightrail network in the first quarter of 2023, an official at Bahrain’s Ministry of…
Renfe has issued 2 million free train passes since the introduction of the tickets in Spain towards the end of August. According to the operator, the initiative has…