The Vectron has received official approval for operating along the Scandinavian Corridor (AT-DE-DK-SE-NO).
The company has doubled its turnover in the Indian market and sees it as a promising market with significant growth potential due to massive investments in railway development and the adoption of global safety standards.
Testing of the first Class 93 tri-mode locomotive for Rail Operations Group has commenced at Stadler's test facility in Valencia, Spain.
The UK's rail industry is calling on the Government to accelerate the pace of rail electrification to meet its target of removing all diesel-only trains from the network by 2040 and achieving a net-zero railway by 2050. In the new paper, the RIA argues that electric rail is superior to diesel and hydrogen trains in almost every way, from lower cost to greater reliability and capacity.
CAF Group has secured contracts worth €161 million to manufacture an additional 18 Coradia Polyvalent regional trains, marking the company's first orders for these units.
South Africa is resolving a dispute between state-owned transport company Transnet and China's CRRC over the supply of accelerated locomotives and spare parts. At the same time, CRRC this week delivered a 200-tonne depressed center flat car to Tanzania.
Despite the burdens on the rail business due to the consequences of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a sharp rise in inflation, the DB Group closed the financial year 2022 with a significant operating profit of almost €1.3 billion.
The southeast Turkey earthquake caused severe damage to the region, but the country's railway system proved to be an effective solution in the aftermath of the disaster.
Millions of commuters and travellers were affected by Germany's biggest strike in decades as airports and transport systems across the country shut down on Monday.
The upgraded railway line will contribute to the improvement of freight and passenger train transport and create conditions for the development of metropolitan services.
According to the union, the first effects from striking staff are already possible on Sunday evening. Also on Tuesday, numerous trains will still be cancelled due to strike action.
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) publishes its first cyber threat landscape report dedicated to the transport sector.
A new cooperation between Czech Railways (ČD) and the Police of the Czech Republic will increase safety on the national carrier's trains.
Rail freight traffic grew and returned to 2017 levels, thanks to combined transport.
The cooperation will evaluate the benefits of the MagRail system on the French rail network with a view to increasing efficiency and capacity in freight and passenger transport.
German and Czech transport ministers Volker Wissing and Martin Kupka have agreed to improve the currently inadequate connections between Prague and Munich and Prague and Berlin.
One of the ways to achieve this is to introduce a uniform European approval procedure for new rolling stock.
The death toll from yesterday's train crash in Greece has risen to at least 43.
An intercity passenger train collided with a freight train near the city of Larissa in central Greece on Tuesday night.
The European Commission has approved €1.1 billion to compensate rail operators using electric traction for the recent rise in electricity prices.