Polish State Railways PKP SA, the dominant railway operator in Poland, will take over PKP PLK, the infrastructure manager of...Concerns about takeover Polish infrastructure manager
A system has been launched that displays how crowded certain parts of the train are on LCD screens at station platforms in...Real-time passenger load display launched in Singapore
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A Japanese railway company has issued an official apology after one of its trains left the station 25 seconds early....Japanese train leaves 25 seconds early, company apologises
Alstom: no problems with delivery of hydrogen-powered train
Alstom is ‘fully capable’ of delivering hydrogen-powered trains in time to the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is also able to provide maintenance. The train manufacturer said this in response to an announcement made...Read more
First ever electric train runs into Blackpool
An electric train has travelled to and from Blackpool for the first time ever on Monday 14 May. The Pendolino operated by Virgin Trains, was used to test the new infrastructure on Monday along the...Read more
SNCF Geodis wants to take over Spanish COMSA
SNCF Geodis, a subsidiary of the French SNCF Logistics, has offered to purchase all stakes of the Spanish rail freight company COMSA Rail Transport, a subsidiary of the COMSA EMTE Group. SNCF Geodis currently holds...Read more
System to reuse regenerative braking energy from trains wins international award
An innovation that makes it possible to reuse breaking energy to power electric city busses has won an International Railway Union (UIC) Highspeed Digital Award. Winning Dutch company Hedgehog Applications called the price “an acknowledgement...Read more
Siemens to equip Hungarian railway line with ETCS
Siemens has been commissioned by the National Infrastructure Developing Private Company Limited to equip the Hungarian line Százhalombatta – Pusztaszabolcs with European Train Control System (ETCS). The system is expected to be in service by...Read more
UIC Innovation Awards is looking for candidates
The International Union of Railways (UIC) Innovation Awards is seeking candidates for the 4th edition of the Innovation Awards, to be held on December 6th in Paris. RailTech talked to UIC Research Manager Dennis Schut....Read more
The freight hyperloop: the speed of flight and cost of trucking
DP World and Virgin Hyperloop One have partnered to develop hyperloop-enabled cargo systems to transport palletised cargo. The companies will operate under the name Cargospeed and cater to the high-priority on-demand goods industry, ‘delivering freight...Read more
European Railway Award is looking for nominees
The European Railway Award is now accepting the nominations of candidates for the 12th edition of the award. The ceremony will take place at the beginning of 2019. “We are looking for candidates who have made...Read more
‘Important EU railway projects secured under post-2020 budget’
At least thirty billion Euros have been allocated to the European transport subsidy programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It now looks like the investments in important railway projects such as the TEN-T corridors and the...Read more
Strukton Sweden wants more women to join the rail industry
Strukton Sweden strives to have 25 per cent of all job positions filled by women by 2020. “Half the population of Sweden is female, so why can’t the rail industry reflect that?” says Peter Arozenius,...Read more