New railway line connecting east and west in the works, this time in Iraq
A new railway link from the Persian Gulf to Turkey and eventually Europe via Iraq has entered the design phase. The country is expediting the project, as it…
Eurotunnel operator reports record revenue of 1.6 billion euros
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…
Drilling tests for novel subterranean cargo rail starts in Switzerland
Cargo Sous Terrain (CST), the Swiss company working on underground rail freight transport, will start tunnel boring-related activities for the first time. Test drilling and geophysical measurements of…
Infrabel completes 12-year upgrade project of Belgian port shunting yard
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel on Monday inaugurated the new shunting yard in the Port of Zeebrugge. The project, labelled the ‘biggest in the history of the port’ by…
Ukrainian Railways launches new service to Romania
Ukrainian Railways on Tuesday afternoon celebrated an inaugural trip into Romania via the newly restored section Rakhiv-Berlebash on the cross-border line into the neighbouring country. Orest Klympush, the…
OTIV announces multi-year contract for running remotely controlled freight trains
OTIV, a Belgian provider of autonomous technology for rail, on Friday announced a multi-year contract for running automated and remotely controlled freight trains on the Betuweroute freight line…
French electricity price for rail will increase 745 percent
SNCF Réseau will increase the electricity prices in France, from 56 euros/MWh in 2021 to 473,51 euros/MWh in 2023, which means an 8.5-fold increase in prices. What are…
RailTech Belgium 2023: what is it all about?
Belgium is an important crossroad for railway traffic in Europe, and the Belgian government has launched ambitious infrastructure renewal and systems integration campaigns. To connect the international railway…
CER: financial sustainability of railways in doubt due to high energy prices
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has called on EU member states to intervene on behalf of railway companies when it comes to the rising…
Key Carlisle rail routes back in business following freight derailment
Passenger trains were back on track on Wednesday morning on the Tyne Valley line between Carlisle and Newcastle and the Settle to Carlisle line between Carlisle, Appleby and…
Plans for standard gauge in all EU member states to be ready by 2025-26
The European Commission wants all new railways be built to the standard European gauge, and member states have been given until 2025-26 to come up with a plan…
Alstom and partners demonstrate shunting operations at GoA4
Alstom, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and rail freight company Lineas on Tuesday demonstrated the operation of a shunting locomotive on Grade of Automation (GoA) Level 4. Dutch sister…
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Why develop new infrastructure for hyperloop when existing rail tracks can be used?
Developing a vacuum hyperloop as a new transport system is complicated and expensive, why not use the concepts of the hyperloop and combine it with the existing railway…
First H2-powered freight train developed by Alstom to transport H2O
Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom will develop a hydrogen-powered freight train Nestlé Waters France. Energy company Engie will provide the hydrogen. The train running on hydrogen fuel (H2) for…
DB lists two major rail traffic corridors for improvements
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has named the railway corridors Hamburg-Berlin and Emmerich-Oberhausen as the two sites where it will carry out major improvement works from late 2024 onwards. The…