Nineteen research and innovation projects will together receive 77.3 million Euros co-financing in total under the Shift2Rail 2018 Call for...Shift2Rail awards grants for 2018 Call for Proposals
Network Rail is currently conducting trials with an Internet of Things technology to prevent flooding of railway lines. The British...Network Rail to use Internet of Things to prevent flooding
The Norwegian government is planning to spend 26.4 Norwegian kroner or 2.8 billion Euros on the country’s railway network in...Norway to spend 2.8 billion Euros on railway network in 2019
CER: only rail reduced emissions while increasing volume
Transport is the only sector in Europe which has failed to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions during the last two decades. However, rail is the only mode of transport which has reduced its emissions while...Read more
50 million Euros to link Paris stations Nord and Est
Transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités has announced a 10-point programme to update the urban area around the Nord and Est stations in Paris before 2024. Part of the plan is to link both train stations via...Read more
Russian Railways to invest 2.6 billion Euros in infrastructure development
The Russian state-owned railway company Russian Railways (RZD) plans to invest 200 billion roubles, or 2.6 billion Euros, on infrastructure development to quadruple freight transit by 2024. The money will be spent on building 26 new...Read more
Call for papers RailTech Europe Conference 2019 is open
The call for papers for the RailTech Europe Conference 2019 is now open. The topics of this three-day conference are ERTMS, Sustainability and Energy Saving in Rail and Predictive Maintenance. In 2019, the conference will...Read more
NMBS updates Hasselt workshops
The Belgian operator NMBS officially opened a new servicing shed in the renewed traction workshop in the Belgian city of Hasselt on Monday. This is part of an extension of the traction workshop, where trains...Read more
‘Autonomous transportation complements train’
Many innovations could be found last month at the InnoTrans railway fair, including autonomous buses. This new type of transport does not have to be competition for the train, says Jan Scheepers of Ricardo Rail:...Read more
Dutch Railways unveils vision for new train interior
Dutch Railways (NS), architectural firm Mecanoo and project designer Gispen presented their vision on the train interior of the future on Thursday at the Innovation Expo in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The new design has a higher...Read more
Genua railway lines reopen after collapse Morandi Bridge
Two railway lines that were affected by the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genua have been reopened Thursday 4 October. They were closed for more than seven weeks, leading to a significant decline of...Read more
HyperloopTT wants capsule to be ready for passengers in 2019
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) presented its first full-scale passenger Hyperloop capsule in the Spanish city of Puerto de Santa Maria on Tuesday. It was built in Spain by HyperloopTT’s partner Airtificial and is headed to...Read more
Rastatt one-year anniversary: where are we now?
It is exactly one year ago that the disrupted railway line at Rastatt was reopened for train traffic. The three lobby organisations ERFA, NEE and UIRR take the opportunity to highlight the lessons learnt so...Read more