Railway the only mode of transport reducing carbon emissions
Railway is a crucial part of the European Union environmentally-friendly policy. Year by year, the sector is gradually moving towards carbon neutrality by reducing its emissions. To unlock the full potential of railways, there is...Read more
7,800 railway vehicles authorised for cross-European operations
The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has celebrated the first anniversary since it started to authorise railway vehicles, to issue safety certificates and ERTMS approvals. For this period, it delivered 638 authorisations for 7,800...Read more
Trenitalia starts multimodal passenger services
Trenitalia has introduced a summer timetable. Besides new intercity and high-speed connections, it provides several multimodal services including journeys by both trains and cars or trains and scooters. All the measures will help the Italian...Read more
First rolling stock facility of Transmashholding in European Union
Russian manufacturing group Transmashholding has acquired Dunakeszi Járműjavító, a Hungarian rolling stock plant. It is the first TMH’s facility in the European Union. The Russian holding plans to turn the Hungarian plant into a rolling...Read more
What Russian passengers do when travelling by train?
Almost half of the passengers travelling by train across Russia prefer to watch films. What does another half do? And what things do the passengers forget in Russian trains?Read more
Deutsche Bahn starts a cleaning offensive
Deutsche Bahn has started a massive cleaning campaign across Germany. More than 4,300 members of staff clean trains and stations every day. Special attention is given to the areas, which are touched by the travellers...Read more
Further stage of RegioJet foreign expansion
Czech largest private railway operator RegioJet is planning a further expansion abroad. The company will launch a direct summer train between Czechia and Croatia. In addition, it wants to organise a regular train connection from...Read more
CRRC acquires first locomotive manufacturer in Europe
After almost nine months of talking and approving, Germany-based Vossloh Group has finally sold its locomotive business to CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive, a subsidiary of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC). The deal comes into effect...Read more
Libor Lochman (CER): Keep working on Green Deal despite corona crisis
The European Green Deal, which was presented at the end of last year, is likely to be snowed under in attempts by European governments to cope with the economic effects of the corona crisis, fears...Read more
Four principles of ProRail climate-friendly policy
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail has reduced its CO2 emissions in eight times over the last ten years. In the coming years, it will continue to implement this policy in order to become climate neutral by...Read more
Poland resumes high-speed trains
Polish national railway operator PKP Intercity has restored the high-speed traffic in the country. Its Pendolino trains are on tracks again after a two-month suspension. At the moment, they run only on the Kraków –...Read more
Alstom expects fast recovery of rail market after corona crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a true challenge to the rail market. Some manufacturers were even forced to temporarily close their facilities. Meanwhile, French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom hopes for better, especially in 2022.Read more
Deutsche Bahn improves rail link to Baltic coast
65 million euros and eight months of the construction works. That’s how much money and time Deutsche Bahn needed to extensively modernise the Warnemünde station. As a result, the passengers can travel the long-distance trains...Read more