Spanish infrastructure manager Adif will switch the Granada-Almería section of the Mediterranean Corridor to the European standard gauge, as well as electrify the line and implement advanced signalling…
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has recorded an increase in operating profit, revenue and passenger numbers in the first six months of this year, the company’s H1 figures released on…
Rail Baltica, the company tasked with the execution of the railway link across the three Baltic states, has recently marked the start of construction of the bridge over…
The Russian Railways have proceeded with an official request to the European Union to lift sanctions against the company. RZD was among the first legal entities to enter…
Deploying train drivers more flexibly across the many rail freight companies in Germany could make better use of rail capacity, which is currently straining in many places in…
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…
In the Spanish port of Sagunto near Valencia, construction of a Zeleros pilot system to move containers electrically started this week. It will become operational in 2022 in…
SNCF subsidiary Captrain France has announced a partnership agreement with Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy) to develop hydrogen-powered locomotives, a decarbonisation solution for French and European rail freight.
The Swiss Federal Council has approved the law on underground goods transport, which will come into force on 1 August. The law provides the legal grounds the implementation…
UK transport secretary Grant Shapps is adamant that the strike on the railways of Great Britain will not lead to empty supermarket shelves or disrupted power station fuel…
A new view on the rollout of ERTMS is needed, with more consideration for freight operators, Hans Willem Vroon of rail freight industry organisation RailGood advocates in this…
Hungary is moving ahead with the V0 rail freight line bypassing Budapest, despite the complicated relationship it currently has with Russia. Russia vowed to support the construction of…
Tunnelling crews achieved the first breakthrough of the twin-tube Semmering base tunnel construction project in Austria on Friday. The hole-through moment came some seven years after the start…
The Turkish ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and local authorities held a so-called first rail welding ceremony earlier on Wednesday for a new high-speed line and freight connection…
Swedish company Predge helps railway companies make the shift from reactive to predictive maintenance activities through modular software-as-a-service solutions (SaaS). RailTech.com spoke to Predge CEO Simo Pykälistö about…