Latest news: ÖBB unveiled a €19.5bn investment plan for Austria's rail infrastructure over six years. Škoda Group won a major tender to supply České dráhy with up to 133 EMU 400 double-deck trains for the Prague region. Siemens Mobility advances digitalization in CEE, implementing TPS.plan in Serbia and Slovenia, and expanding Sofia Metro Line 3. In Poland, PKP PLK awarded Torpol a €706m contract for the Warszawa Wschodnia rebuild, and PESA partnered with Hitachi Rail for PKP Intercity’s high-speed EMU tender. The German union EVG warned over Italo’s entry into the German long-distance market.
Latest Railway News
Infrastructure
HS2 builds key East West Rail bridge for boosting Oxford-Cambridge connections
Karel Novak
December 23, 2022
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1 min read
Freight Rail
Rail Baltica has approved specific plans for Kaunas railway hub
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 23, 2022
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3 min read
Infrastructure
RAILPOOL: new locomotive workshop in Hamburg
Karel Novak
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
CBH acquires standard gauge locomotives from Progress Rail
Karel Novak
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Business
GEODIS is planning to acquire trans-o-flex
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
Hitachi Rail's Blue train has entered into operation in Sicily
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 21, 2022
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3 min read
Freight Rail
UK: North’s Freight and Logistics sector could be worth more than £30bn
Karel Novak
December 21, 2022
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3 min read
Business
Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Post DHL: new logistics service
Karel Novak
December 20, 2022
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
Spain: Alstom to supply 49 Coradia Stream trains to Renfe
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 20, 2022
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2 min read
Business
Rail workers across Europe are calling for higher wages amid rising inflation
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 19, 2022
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2 min read
Technology & Innovation
Vossloh: progress in the project for data-based switch monitoring in Sweden
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 18, 2022
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2 min read
Rolling Stock
Germany: New Vectron hybrid locomotives from Siemens
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 16, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
RCG: 1 million tonnes of grain transported from Ukraine
Karel Novak
December 16, 2022
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1 min read
Freight Rail
FORWARDIS manages to transport dangerous material from Kazakhstan to Europe avoiding Russia
Karel Novak
December 16, 2022
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Business
Deutsche Bahn employees receive a 150 euro energy-saving bonus in December
Karel Novak
December 15, 2022
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