Latest news: Recent news highlights operational challenges and strategic shifts in European rail. Kombiverkehr reported a 13.5% decline in 2025 due to German infrastructure works, while German operator Helrom entered liquidation. A GSM-R radio failure halted trains nationwide in Germany for two hours. In positive developments, Italy's ANSFISA authorized 14 Alstom hydrogen trains for a 2027 launch in Lombardy. Cargo Center Graz launched a new intermodal service connecting Austria to Croatia's Rijeka Gateway. SBB Cargo Schweiz secured a major construction materials transport contract in Switzerland.
Latest Railway News
Passenger Rail
CAF and SNCF Voyageurs continue to test OXYGENE trains
Marketa Horpeniakova
May 21, 2024
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Infrastructure
Over $1 Billion Allocated to Strengthen Australian National Rail Network
Lubomir Cech
May 21, 2024
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Technology & Innovation
ÖBB: High-tech hybrid trains to improve rail safety
Marketa Horpeniakova
May 20, 2024
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Business
USA: FRA announces $2 billion Northeast Corridor rail upgrade
Marketa Horpeniakova
May 20, 2024
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Rolling Stock
New Leipzig S-Bahn Fleet Funded by Rock Rail and Infracapital
Lubomir Cech
May 18, 2024
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Infrastructure
Akiem opens locomotive maintenance workshop in Ostricourt, France
Lubomir Cech
May 17, 2024
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Infrastructure
Severe Storm Overturns Freight Train in Northern Italy
Lubomir Cech
May 17, 2024
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Rolling Stock
Refresh and Repair: Alstom with a contract for c2c's Class 357 Electrostar Fleet
Lubomir Cech
May 17, 2024
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Passenger Rail
Stern & Hafferl Verkehr with encouraging passenger numbers in 2023
Lubomir Cech
May 17, 2024
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Rolling Stock
Beijing has new hybrid shunting locomotives at its railway stations
Lubomir Cech
May 17, 2024
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Passenger Rail
BTE AutoReiseZug will start a new season on the Hamburg-Altona - Lörrach route
Lubomir Cech
May 17, 2024
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Infrastructure
Construction of a new Serbian Intermodal Terminal is Nearing the End
Lubomir Cech
May 16, 2024
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Technology & Innovation
DB tests technologies for sustainable railway power
Marketa Horpeniakova
May 16, 2024
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Freight Rail
More intermodal connections between Milan and Rotterdam
Lubomir Cech
May 16, 2024
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