Alstom receives contract for Toulouse Aerospace Express metro line
Alstom has been awarded the contract for the design, building and maintaining of the Toulouse Aerospace Express metro line in France. The new 27-kilometre line will be the third automatic metro which will serve the...Read more
Adif finishes part of Spanish section Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor
In Catalonia, Spain, Adif has finished railway works on the Martorell-Sant Sadurní section, part of the Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor. The Martorell tunnel is adapted to the European standard and has a third track for...Read more
168-year-old viaduct in Germany modernized
Deutsche Bahn has finished the renewal and refurbishing of the 170-metre long Heiligenforn railway viaduct located in Waldheim, Central Saxony Germany last week. According to DB this renovation has allowed the reoperation of two train...Read more
Paris metro line 14 extension inaugurated
This week, the extension of line 14 to Mairie de Saint-Ouen Town Hall – Ile-de-France Region in the Paris metro was inaugurated. The main objective of the extension is to take the weight off line...Read more
Danish railway line to Aalborg Airport completed
Banedanmark has established a 3 kilometre long railway to Aalborg Airport, Denmarks’ third largest airport. It connects the North Jutland region better with the rest of the country and abroad. The line will be electrified...Read more
Sweden opens its first modern tram line
Over the weekend, Sweden inaugurated its first modern tram line located in Lund, in the south of Sweden. The tramway that started running on Sunday consists of a single double track with a distance of...Read more
Sweden’s interurban railway finally operates first passenger train
Trafikverket announced that on December 13 the first passenger train operated on the Pågatågen interurban railway line between Malmö Central and Kävlinge. The Lomma line, which has always been for freight transport, is a single-track...Read more
New CBTC signalling on two Danish railway lines to be finished in January
The Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) system is rolled out on the Farumbanen and Ringbanen S-lines in Denmark. They will be taken in operation on January 25. Until 2030, infrastructure manager Banedanmark will change all...Read more
Finland’s high speed train goes into design phase
The documents for starting the design for the long-awaited ‘One Hour Train’ project in Finland have been signed. One Hour Train is a high-speed rail link between Turku and Helsinki in the Southwest of Finland....Read more
Night train comeback will bring climate-friendly European travel
“This is a good day for the climate, our customers and the coming together of Europe on rails.” Those were the words of Deutsche Bahn CEO Richard Lutz this Tuesday in an online press conference...Read more
Mechelen Railway Bypass almost completed, last piece for Belgian high-speed network
Belgian railway infrastructure manager Infrabel will carry out the finalising works on the Mechelen Railway Bypass in the upcoming weeks. On December 14th, operator NMBS will take the associated platforms 11 and 12 into service....Read more
ÖBB’s Tauern route still remains closed due to mudslides
ÖBB has updated passengers that due to mudslides the Tauern train route between Bad Hofgastein and Bad Gastein is not operational until December 22. The Austrian rail company has placed buses for rail replacement services...Read more
Romania’s historical railway Bucharest-Giurgui to be rehabilitated
The Romanian National Railway Company (CFR) contracted Austrian company PORR Construct S.R.L to renovate and modernise the Bucharest – Giurgiu railway line. It has a total distance of 67 kilometres and will take 30 months...Read more