FS Italiane has set up a 2022-2031 Industrial Plan, supported by an investment plan worth over 190 billion euros. The plans were presented in Rome on Monday by the President of FS Italiane, Nicoletta Giadrossi...Read more
Prince Charles, the next in line to the British Throne, earlier on Monday delivered the “Queen’s Speech”, the formal reading to the British Parliament of the forthcoming agenda of legislation to be debated and introduced...Read more
The UK may be on the verge of what trade union RMT calls the biggest rail strike in modern British history. The union plans to ballot its members in the railway sector, asking to back...Read more
Deutsche Bahn staff are concerned about large crowds in trains and stations due to the introduction of a more affordable pass to travel on public transport. To counteract the impact of soaring fuel prices, the...Read more
Pandemic-related support schemes for the railway sector via adjusted track access charges could be a longer-term measure to support the modal shift to rail. This was discussed at last week’s Track Access Charges Summit held...Read more
A Japanese court ordered West Japan Railway to posthumously return 56 yen (0.40 euros) to one of its train drivers on Tuesday. This amount had been deducted from the pay over a one-minute delay in...Read more
The UK government has surprised the travel market with the announcement of a snap sale of passenger train tickets, claiming to cut the cost of rail travel in half. Ministers say it will re-invigorate the...Read more
Of California’s registered voters, 56 percent support the state continuing to build the high-speed rail project according to a new survey by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Government Studies. The new railway, of which the first phase...Read more
The first two Iryo train services will start in November on the lines Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona and Madrid-Valencia, ILSA president Carlos Bertomeu told Spanish news agency EFE on Tuesday. The trains will compete with both Spanish operator...Read more
Cross-border freight and passenger services continue to face barriers limiting their competitiveness and attractiveness, the European Commission notes. A new consultation is launched by the EU to take into account the sector’s ideas and visions...Read more
1 April 2022 marks the day that the Scottish Government has taken full public ownership of the network in the north of the UK. A new public agency is responsible for all passenger operations that...Read more
UpdateThree days after suspending traffic between Finland and Russia, VR Transpoint will resume services effective Wednesday, 30 March. The decision to restart rail freight operations to and from Russia follows on consultation with the UK...Read more
Finnish operator VR Group has suspended all passenger and freight trains to Russia. On Sunday, the last Allegro train from St Petersburg to Helsinki left the station. Read more
Following a breach of its franchise agreement, London & South Eastern Railway Limited (LSER) has been issued with a penalty of 28 million euros (23.5 million pounds) by the British government. The penalty notice, announced...Read more
Travellers on the Eurostar from Amsterdam and Rotterdam may not be able to get off at the station Brussels-Midi in the future. This has emerged from the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management requesting...Read more