A Ouigo train travelling from Madrid to Barcelona ripped off several hundred of metres of overhead line from the high-speed...Major delays after Ouigo train rips off overhead line between Madrid and Barcelona
Network Rail has completed the construction of Reston station on the East Coast Main Line (ECML), between Edinburgh and Newcastle....Reston opens: a new Scottish station, with no Scottish trains
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine three months ago, Polish State Railways PKP has helped carry more than...Number of Ukrainian refugees carried by Poland’s PKP nears 2 million
Safety of track workers still a matter of concern in the UK
The safety of people who work on the track continues to be a matter of considerable concern, writes the UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in its 2021 annual report, published last week.Read more
Hardt Hyperloop and RFI extend cooperation through new MoU
Hardt Hyperloop and Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) have extended their existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week, thereby continuing their cooperation in the field of hyperloop related research and innovation.Read more
Alternatives on the table to UK’s HS2 Eastern Leg
An under-reported study has emerged proposing several strategic alternatives to the HS2 Phase 2b Eastern Leg – the contentiously cancelled project in the UK government Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands (IRP). An...Read more
London’s Heathrow Express liveried for the world
Heathrow Express, the premium rail service between London Paddington and the airport, has been out-shopped in a series of new liveries, designed to highlight important world-wide destinations, including New York, Sydney and Amsterdam. The eye-catching...Read more
SBB at 175 years: anniversary events and record attempt planned
Swiss railway company SBB is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2022, and will be kicking off a celebratory programme on Saturday that will run through October.Read more
Night Tube services to resume from Saturday onwards
From the evening of Saturday 21 May the Jubilee line Night Tube services will return following a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more
Renfe to upgrade 490 series for use inclusion in medium-distance fleet
Renfe will be upgrading and refurbishing its trains from the 490 series. Once the overhaul is complete, they will be included in the medium-distance fleet.Read more
Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station 45 years after the last Orient Express
Thursday, May 19 marks 45 years since the arrival of the last Orient Express at Sirkeci Station in Istanbul, Turkey. While Istanbul wasn’t the first destination of this legendary train service nor the last, it...Read more
Ukrainian passengers push 6 train cars after losing electrical contact
More than a dozen passengers pushed 6 train cars of the Kyiv-Nizhyn electric train for 25 metres on Tuesday. The train had stopped on a section without voltage as someone had broken the stop valve....Read more
Bane NOR mandates environmental certification of all upcoming projects
Bane NOR wants to further reduce the environmental impact of its railway infrastructure projects by mandating an environmental assessment and certification for all upcoming works, the company said on Wednesday.Read more
