Estonia plans electrification of railway network
The Government of Estonia intends to electrify the country’s broad gauge network. The works are estimated at 300-380 million Euros and will be performed in 2021-2030. The electrification of the railway network is considered by the...Read more
Lithuanian Railways upgrades major level crossings
Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) will upgrade 14 major level crossings. The state-owned railway company will also invest 10 million Euros in the next five years to increase the safety at the level crossings. The project...Read more
Jerusalem selects contractors to extend light rail network
The TransJerusalem J-Net consortium consisting of the CAF Group and the Israeli construction firm Shapir will extend the Jerusalem Light Rail network. Shapir will perform the civil works to extend the current Red Line and...Read more
Poland equips train stations with EV chargers
Polish state-owned railway holding PKP S.A. is extending the network of the electric vehicle charging points located at the country’s train stations. The new site has been installed at Bydgoszcz Główna railway station. Two other...Read more
Maintenance works at Dutch largest classification yard postponed
The maintenance works at Kijfhoek classification yard were postponed for an unknown time. In order not to suspend the train traffic, the Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail and the contractor Swietelsky decided to delay the...Read more
Modernisation of busiest railway line in Belgium draws to close
From 14 October to 11 November, the Belgian rail infrastructure manager Infrabel will perform the modernisation works at the Brussels-South station. It is the final stage of the project to upgrade the railway corridor between...Read more
CAF gets signalling contracts in Spain, Slovenia, Bulgaria
Spanish technology company CAF was awarded three contracts in the signalling sector. It will install and refurbish the signalling systems on the domestic market as well as in Slovenia and Bulgaria. The entire value of...Read more
Hot weather not obstacle for European railways
Summer brings to the European railway sector two big challenges: the growth of traffic and hot weather with temperatures over 30 degrees. The first question is solved by adding new train connections. To deal with...Read more
French community replaces guided buses with tram network
French urban community of Caen La Mer has launched a 16.2-kilometre tram network. It replaced the guided bus service that was being functioned in the city for 15 years. The conventional tram network is served...Read more
Czechia invests 40 million Euros annually in safe level crossings
Every year the Czech railway infrastructure manager SŽDC invests around 1 billion Korunas (circa 40 million Euros) to improve the country’s level crossings. It results in an increase of safety at 150 facilities each year....Read more
Chinese companies will construct tunnel between Finland and Estonia
The Finest Bay Area Development company has moved further in implementing the Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel project. The Finnish company signed a memorandum of understanding with China Railway International Group, China Railway Engineering Company, China Communications Construction...Read more
EU to allocate 318 million Euros for railway electrification in Latvia
The European Commission has approved the allocation of 318.5 million Euros from the Cohesion Fund to improve the Latvian rail infrastructure. The country’s rail operator Latvijas Dzelzceļš (LDz) will use the money to perform the...Read more
Dutch Railways inspects train stations with drones
Dutch national railway operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) will carry out maintenance inspections at stations using drones. Last month a successful test flight took place at Utrecht Centraal station and in the Moreelse Bridge over the...Read more