French national railway company SNCF is planning to sell its bus subsidiary Ouibus for 101 million Euros. The France-based online...SNCF to sell its bus subsidiary to BlaBlaCar
Worldwide rolling stock manufacturer Bombardier Transportation will deliver 33 Traxx locomotives to European leasing company Akiem between 2019 and 2021....Bombardier to deliver 33 Traxx locomotives to Akiem
Indian Railways is negotiating with Japanese manufacturers Hitachi and Kawasaki to produce bullet trains on its territory. The railway company...Indian Railways to produce cheapest bullet trains in the world
‘Regulations block optimal use of big data’
Much more can be done with data than is currently the case, but regulations get in the way, says Sytse Bisschop from Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail. Data can only be used optimally if regulations keep...Read more
PKP Intercity to purchase 185 new passenger railcars and 118 locomotives
Polish long-distance and high-speed rail operator PKP Intercity is implementing the largest investment programme in its history for upgrading its railcars and locomotives. The strategy, valued at 1.6 billion Euros, will be completed in 2023...Read more
Riga airport to receive the railway connection
Rail Baltica Joint Venture is looking for the contractor to design the 1435-millimetre gauge railway between Riga airport and adjacent capital of Latvia. The 56-kilometre line should be designed in two years after signing the...Read more
Stadler to supply 64 Flirt trains to Hanover S-Bahn
Stadler will design, build and deliver 64 three-car electric multiple units of the Flirt type for French-based public transport operator Transdev. All the trains will enter service on the 12 routes of Hanover S-Bahn by...Read more
Construction extra line Felixstowe branch to commence
Network Rail engineers have installed 2,300 sleepers along with ballast, the stones that form the track bed, in preparation of the construction of an additional line on the Felixstowe branch, the vital railway line connecting...Read more
Two Dutch provinces want to shift to zero-emission trains by 2035
The Dutch provinces of Fryslân and Groningen are able to entirely shift to zero-emission passenger trains operating by battery power in seven or ten years. That is the conclusion of Ricardo and Arcadis in a...Read more
Azerbaijan to launch passenger train to Turkey in 2019
Azerbaijan Railways will launch a passenger service to Turkey in the third quarter of 2019. The new train will run on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, opened a year ago. In an effort to expand the number of...Read more
Russian Railways launches two new routes for its Lastochka trains
Russian Railways (RZD) has launched two new routes in Perm Krai, operated by the Siemens-designed electric multiple units Lastochka. On November 1, the five-car electric multiple units (EMU) train made the first trips in Perm Krai...Read more
Łódź Agglomeration Railway invests in 14 new passenger trains
The Polish passenger rail operator Łódź Agglomeration Railway has launched a 62 million Euros programme for upgrading its fleet. The company will receive 14 electric multiple units Impuls 2 from December 2018 to June 2019...Read more
Russian rolling stock manufacturer purchases facility in South Africa
Russian rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding acquired a production facility in South Africa. It will allow the company to expand its business by organising assemble, maintenance, and refurbishment of rolling stock both for African and worldwide customers. Transmashholding (TMH) completed...Read more