The long-running industrial dispute plaguing Britain’s railways shows no signs of abating. The Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has secured yet another six-month mandate for strike action. This marks the fourth successful ballot by...Read more
“Where does the still unshakable political trust in Deutsche Bahn come from?”, associations Mofair and die Güterbahnen wonder. They recently published a report about the state of competition amongst rail operators in Germany, something they would like...Read more
The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to correctly transpose and applying EU rules concerning rail, it announced on 18 October.Read more
A financial restructuring and a debt cleared. Portuguese state-owned operator Comboios de Portugal (CP) has been compensated for services between the years 2002 and 2019 by the Portuguese government, effectively cancelling almost all of the...Read more
Spanish railway operator Renfe plans to build a 20 MW solar panel facility to power its trains, after which many will follow. Most of the generated electricity will be used for train traction, with any...Read more
Most of Germany is quite happy with the Deutschlandticket, and rail operators see more passengers on their trains. For Flix, which runs trains and buses, this is a different story however. The ticket is not...Read more
Every day, 45,000 Belgians commute to Luxembourg, and the two countries want to double this number by 2040. On October 3, 2023, Luxembourg’s Minister of Mobility François Bausch and his Belgian counterpart Georges Gilkinet signed...Read more
Plusgrade, a Montreal-based company that offers ancillary revenue solutions for the travel industry, has announced a partnership with European Sleeper, the Dutch-Belgian railway company breathing new life into overnight train travel across Europe. This partnership,...Read more
SNCF Réseau needs the green light from the French environmental agency before breaking ground on the construction of a 14 billion euro project, extending the high-speed track linking Paris to Bordeaux on two new lines....Read more
The High Speed Rail Group (HSRG), a consortium of industry stakeholders, has issued a stern response amidst growing speculation surrounding the fate of phase two of Britain’s High-Speed 2 (HS2) project. Currently the line is...Read more
A groundswell of opposition has prompted a delay in the contentious plans to close the majority of rail station ticket offices across England. The public consultation, which concluded recently, amassed an unprecedented 680,000 responses, a...Read more
With the imminent commencement of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, Ireland and France are taking progressive steps towards introducing a collaborative “Sail & Rail” ticket option set to debut in 2024.Read more
After agreeing on building a new cross-border rail link in 2021, Iranian and Iraqi officials formally opened construction of the line by laying a foundation stone last weekend. The Iran-Iraq railway is expected to be...Read more
The number of high-speed passengers in Spain grew by 76 per cent in 2022 compared to the previous year, reaching 23.7 million, according to a new study by the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission...Read more
The UK infrastructure agency Network Rail is to face criminal charges over the fatal derailment at Carmont in the North East of Scotland in August 2020. Three people died in the accident which saw the...Read more