Hungarian consortium Ganz-Mavag has withdrawn its tender offer to take over Spanish train manufacturer Talgo. That’s after Spain’s government decided to block the bid over “security concerns”, allegedly…
UK rail minister Peter Hendy allegedly got an award-winning railway engineer fired for talking to the media about safety issues at one of the country’s busiest transport hubs.…
A damaging strike, affecting London to Edinburgh trains, has been called off at the last minute. The dispute, which would have seen members of the drivers’ union take…
After more than two weeks of track renewal works, high-speed services between Brussels and the French border are set to start again on Friday morning, according to Belgium’s…
Earlier this month, Deutsche Bahn replaced approximately 70 kilometres of rail along one of its key transport routes, the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed line, in the space of just four…
Czech Railways (ČD) has announced major changes to its 2025 timetable, the most significant being the introduction of the so-called ‘Baltic Express’ trains. Travelling all the way from…
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has awarded a multi-million-euro contract to expand one of the country’s most important transport arteries. The domestic construction company will be tasked with boosting…
The Polish government has chosen the route for its new high-speed lines between the Central Communication Port (CPK) and the cities of Płock and Włocławek. Marking a new…
Spain’s government has blocked the 619 million euro sale of Spanish train producer Talgo to a Hungarian consortium due to “national security” concerns. That’s because the buyers are…
French open-access operator Kevin Speed, one of the first companies to challenge SNCF’s high-speed rail dominance in France, could soon secure significant EU financing. The European Investment Bank…
Mobsters, multi-storey and Metro. Think of Chicago, and three things come to mind. We’ve seen the movies, climbed to the top floors, but more than anything else, everyone…
Romania is cancelling plans to buy 12 hydrogen-powered trains worth around 360 million euros and wants instead to reinvest EU funds intended for the project in building highways.…
The UK’s longest railway bridge, part of the HS2 line out of London, is nearly finished. Despite major setbacks – including the last British government abandoning the wider…
Poland’s industrial hub of Upper Silesia will soon see its largest-ever rail investment. Major reconstruction works around the regional capital of Katowice are starting as soon as next…
Nationalisation of Britain’s railways is coming down the tracks. Britain’s new government, formed by the left-wing Labour Party after the 4 July general election, has committed to nationalising…