In roughly a year from now, the new Dutch private rail operator European Sleeper wants to run its first night train from Prague to Brussels. Co-founder Elmer van Buuren: “The time is right for the...Read more
FlixTrain is starting the ticket sale of it’s new service on the route Stockholm – Gothenburg starting May 2021. It is the first expansion of the open-access operator’s services outside of its home country Germany....Read more
The economic viability of night trains will be insecure if no action is taken on the track access charges. The struggle of Eurostar to keep its head above water showed that high track access charges...Read more
Toyota Motor Europe will supply and integrate its fuel cell modules into the zero-emission prototype train that is to be realised by the EU FCH2RAIL project. A consortium made up of partners from Belgium, Germany,...Read more
SNCF Voyageurs has placed an order with Alstom on behalf of four regions for twelve hybrid hydrogen-electric Régiolis trains from the Coradia Polyvalent line. In total, the order announced on April 8 is worth nearly...Read more
Deutsche Bahn has ordered Siemens Mobility to do an extra review of a total of 800 wheelsets of new ICE 4 high-speed trains in use. DB technicians encountered abnormalities during maintenance checks, confirmed a DB...Read more
Pavel Popov of Russian Railways gave an update on the testing and plans with Automatic Train Operation in Russia during RailTech Europe 2021. Already this year, the railway company plans to start using the first...Read more
DB Cargo recently conducted a practical test with ATO on ETCS on the Swiss main rail network. In three and a half months, on-board units from four different suppliers were tested. Baseliyos Jacob from DB...Read more
Dutch railway operator NS is working with start-up CastLab to digitise its inventory, allowing for the production of metal parts on demand. By digitising obsolete parts, a mold can be printed and metal items can...Read more
Alstom has won a contract to provide Renfe, the Spanish national railway operator, with 152 high-capacity trains for a total amount of more than 1.4 billion euros. The trains will come from Alstom’s X’Trapolis range...Read more
Curtiss-Wright is selected to provide SBB Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) with a new electromechanical train tilting stabilisation system. It will be used for the RABDe 500 ICN high-speed passenger trains in operation. Shipments of the...Read more
PKP Cargo International, a PKP Cargo Group subsidiary, will retrofit 29 of its Type 753,7 locomotives with the Level 2 ETCS safety system. The project’s total costs will reach the amount of 278 million Czech...Read more
This week, train builder Siemens Mobility will open MoComp, an online catalog for parts for rolling stock. In the catalog you can find mechanical, electronic and system components for rail vehicles. This includes pantographs, drive...Read more
Siemens Mobility and Infineon Technologies AG have developed new auxiliary converters (HBU) to make vehicle electrical systems with power semiconductors based on silicon carbide (SiC) more efficient and save energy. Siemens Mobility uses the new...Read more
ÖBB and Slovak Railways (ZSSK) are launching a new seasonal EuroNight train connection from Vienna and Graz to Split in Croatia on June 18, 2021. The new night train is scheduled to run twice a...Read more
