Despite the rumours on the possible cancellation of the franchising system for railways, the UK government does otherwise. It has...UK government prolongs two rail franchises
Public transport operator MPK Kraków is testing the first Tango tram from Stadler Rail. It is a new type of...Kraków tests new type of trams
In a month after introducing the entire Paragon brand new train fleet, the UK’s open-access operator Hull Trains has been...British open-access operators in jeopardy because of coronavirus
Digital transformation of East Coast Main Line in UK
Britain’s infrastructure manager Network Rail has started the East Coast Digital Programme. It is devoted to the digital transformation of signalling equipment on the East Coast Main Line, a key railway artery in the United...Read more
Ukraine to lease major train stations
Ukrainian Railway (UZ) intends to launch the public-private partnerships for reconstruction of seven major train stations. It will lease the station buildings to private companies. The project is arranged with the technical assistance of the...Read more
Another stage in ERTMS deployment in Scandinavia
Sweden and Denmark continue to move further in ERTMS deployment on their railways. Therefore, several operators and transport authorities have concluded an agreement with Alstom for installing its Atlas ETCS onboard equipment in 77 electric...Read more
Robots assist railways
The spread of coronavirus around the world and particularly in Europe has made the use of unmanned technologies more vital. In this regard, robots could be a solution for cleaning and disinfecting trains or stations....Read more
Innovative grinding machine for Finnish tram tracks
Tampere Tramway, a municipal company responsible for the construction of a tram network in the Finnish city of Tampere, has purchased an innovative grinding machine from Vossloh Group. It allows the company to provide the...Read more
Latvia cancels electrification of railways
Latvian national railway company Latvijas Dzelzceļš (LDz) has cancelled its planned and ongoing projects to electrify the country’s railway network valued at 441 million euros. At the same time, LDz requires the financial bailout from...Read more
Transformation of ProRail: what does it mean?
“Since ProRail is functioning so well, why would you want to alter it?”. And so began a talk by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Hendrik Dronkers from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management on the transformation...Read more
SBB to test new radio frequency for smartrail 4.0
Nokia and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have accomplished the joint tests to define radio frequency for the new Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) standard. As a result, Nokia will provide LTE 1900MHz TDD (Time...Read more
Britain suspends rail franchises due to coronavirus
An unprecedented upheaval has been occurred on Monday, 23 March, for the British rail sector. The numerous experts have been talking about its renationalisation for many years. And now it has happened. At least, partially...Read more
Disinfecting trains with titanium dioxide
Polish regional railway operator Koleje Śląskie is testing an innovative method in cleaning and disinfecting its trains. To this end, the company has started to use titanium dioxide that is regarded to be more effective...Read more