Dutch technology company Fugro has started inspection of the railway network in Wales and the border counties of England. The...Fugro inspects railway network of Wales
Central Suburban Passenger Company (CSPC) continues to upgrade its train fleet. This year the company will receive 21 new electric...More new trains for Moscow commuter service
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give a loan of 926 million Dollars or around 818 million Euros to the...ADB funds construction of two metro lines in Mumbai
Trains without energy meters will be more expensive in Belgium
In 2020 Belgian rail infrastructure manager Infrabel will implement the differential tariffs for trains equipped with energy measuring devices and for those that not. It means that railway undertakings will pay around 5 per cent...Read more
ÖBB orders more Desiro trains
Siemens Mobility has received a new order from the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). The German manufacturer will supply an additional 24 Desiro ML regional trains. Thus, the total number of ordered trains has increased up...Read more
Innovative platform slab on show at RailTech Europe
Concrete manufacturer De Hamer, a sister organisation of De Meteoor, has developed a new platform slab that is lighter than the maximum weight of 9.5 kilograms for a platform and that can be laid platform...Read more
Marmaray railway finally connects Europe and Asia
Turkey has inaugurated the second phase of the Marmaray railway line that connects Europe and Asia. The official ceremony was held on 12 March. The regular commuter service on the 76.6-kilometre route between the Halkalı...Read more
‘Substantive internships attract sought-after technicians to the rail industry’
A well-defined project and an experienced employee that keeps one day free for supervising an intern: this is what TU Delft see as the norm for all internships for their Railway Engineering students, and consultants...Read more
Rail Baltica: Seven hours for train travel from Tallinn to Warsaw
Since 2026 passengers will travel between Tallinn and Warsaw by the Rail Baltica line in less than seven hours. The high-speed trains will run from Tallinn to Warsaw and Vilnius four times per day at...Read more
Cost-effectiveness is a key to railway success in competition with aviation
A lot of passengers travelling between Paris and Amsterdam notice that a train ticket is sometimes more expensive than a flight. Kimmo Oostermeyer, an expert in infrastructure and operations at RebelGroup, explained that the price...Read more
Siemens completes first Vectron Dual Mode locomotive
German technology supplier Siemens Mobility has completed the assembly of the first Vectron Dual Mode locomotive that is capable to use both electric energy and diesel fuel. The company plans to demonstrate the new type...Read more
Russian Railways improves energy saving policy
Russian Railways has reduced its energy and fuel costs by 3.4 billion Rubles or circa 45.8 million Euros in 2018. The most efficient methods to implement the policy were the improvement of train traffic management...Read more
Monitoring and data analysis are growing trends in rail infrastructure
One of the growing trends in rail infrastructure is digitisation. For example, manufacturers of rolling stock are increasing adding sensors to their products, which can be controlled via apps. “This gives rail companies the possibility...Read more