Latest news: ÖBB announced a €19.5bn rail investment plan for Austria, while Spain approved a EUR 62m freight terminal in Cantabria. DB InfraGO will undertake major infrastructure renewal on the Berlin–Hannover corridor. In contracts, Forwardis secured the ScandFibre Rail27 contract for freight between Sweden and continental Europe, and Green Cargo took over Stockholm's Årsta terminal. Alpha Trains ordered 25 Stadler EURO6000 locomotives for Spanish and cross-border freight, and České dráhy ordered 133 Škoda Group trains for Prague. Great Britain's rail journeys now exceed pre-pandemic peaks, boosted by the Elizabeth Line.
Latest Railway News
Infrastructure
Semmering Base Tunnel will open for rail traffic in 2029
Lubomir Cech
May 21, 2026
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Rail Cargo Group expands Duisburg–Scandinavia wagonload link
Lubomir Cech
May 21, 2026
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1 min read
Passenger Rail
Amtrak Airo trainset enters final testing for Cascades
Lubomir Cech
May 20, 2026
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1 min read
Technology & Innovation
LTG, Talgo and Adif discuss variable-gauge technology for Rail Baltica
Lubomir Cech
May 19, 2026
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Czech transport minister urges EU action on rail freight
Lubomir Cech
May 19, 2026
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2 min read
Business
Poland lowers duration of new rail operators’ safety certificates from 5 to 3 years
Lubomir Cech
May 18, 2026
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