Spanish national operator Renfe wants to once again operate trains to France on the routes Madrid-Marseille and Barcelona-Lyon before the summer of 2023, the operator says in response…
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…
SNCF’s rail network manager, SNCF and Rail Logistics Europe, an entity grouping its rail freight units, have deployed a system for “the intelligent detection of train anomalies.”
With a decision published on 6 September, the Autorité de Régulation des Transports (ART) resolved a dispute concerning “the technical conditions and operations for access to the railway…
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…
SNCF Réseau has tapped Hitachi Rail for the rollout of wayside ERTMS Radio Block Centers (RBC) in France. The technology will first be tested on a pilot track…
Starting in 2024, some 675 kilometres of the French railway network will be renovated. Over a period of five years, VINCI Construction subsidiary ETF will be replacing 135…
French railway manager SNCF Réseau is carrying out signalling modernisation work on the Paris-Lyon line between Fain-lès-Montbard and Nuits-sous-Ravières. The works, which began at the beginning of the…
SNCF Gares & Connexions plans to deploy 1.1 million m2 of solar panels on railway station property by 2030. They have launched a nationwide consultation for the installation…
SNCF Réseau will be deploying five additional so-called Strail Grid installations in France in an ongoing effort to reduce wildlife collisions. The company counted 121 such incidents last…
The Paris – Lille high-speed line will be renewed with recycled ballast, starting in 2022. A new center for the reuse of railway materials has been set up…
Správa Železnic, the Czech railway infrastructure manager, has entrusted its French counterpart SNCF Réseau with a mission to assist in managing its high-speed line construction projects. A 8.5…
French cooperative Railcoop is postponing the launch of its Bordeaux-Lyon passenger service by six months. The requested train paths have not been allocated by infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau,…
The Rungis-Perpignan freight line connecting the Paris metropolitan area with southeastern France will reopen after two years of deactivation. The route will facilitate the intermodal transport of fresh…
The French government will invest 170 million euros per year until 2024 in the rail freight industry. Among other measures, half of the track access charges will be…