Looking for 600 million (H)euros for trains to Paris and London

 
SpoorPro wrote about it already in November last year. The founder of the glossy business magazine Quote, Maarten van den Biggelaar, aims to start a high-speed connection between Amsterdam, Paris, and London by 2028, called Heuro. “We simply want lower prices and more people out of planes and onto trains,” he said to SpoorPro back then. In his ‘own’ Quote,...Read more
|Comment|author: Jeroen Baldwin
Masked crowd in Paris in 2021, during the COVID19 Pandemic (Shutterstock)

BLS profitable for first time since COVID19

Switzerland’s public transportation sector witnessed notable developments in 2023, particularly for the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon (BLS) transport company. The company reports an eleven per cent increase in passenger numbers compared to the previous year, marking its return...Read more
|Comment|author: Emma Dailey

Network Rail signals huge train control revamp

Britain’s railway signalling and control system is set to undergo the biggest shake-up in the history of the network. The infrastructure agency, Network Rail, has announced a decade-long plan to overhaul and modernise the train...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton
Woman rail worker in front of a locomotive

Almost a quarter of Deutsche Bahn employees now women

Women in RailThe railway industry, historically male-dominated, is witnessing an increasing presence of female colleagues across various roles, from train drivers to maintenance personnel. The number of women working at Deutsche Bahn (DB) continues to rise, reaching...Read more
|Comment|author: Emma Dailey
Cadore Express dinning experience

Last Cadore Express train of the season reaches Cortina

InterviewThe Cadore Express, a train service operating between Rome and Cortina d’Ampezzo under FS Treni Turistici Italiani, concluded its final winter journey with success. Treni Turistici Italiani CEO Luigi Francesco Cantamessa shares the company’s plans...Read more
|Comment|author: Emma Dailey