An underground freight railway near the port area of Rotterdam is considered the best long-term solution in terms of safely and urban development, a preliminary study commissioned by the nearby municipalities of Dordrecht and Zwijndrecht...Read more
With its new winter timetable, FlixTrain is adding 10 new stops to its network from 12 December and almost 20 more destinations will be added to the network next spring. This means that by summer...Read more
A new Automatic Train Operation (ATO) test project started this month on the Dutch Betuwe route. It is a German-Dutch cooperation which will run until the end of 2025. The project includes a one-year test...Read more
Europe’s major infrastructure managers and railway undertakings have laid the cornerstones of the future of Digital Capacity Management (DCM). DCM will contribute to freeing up capacity on congested lines for both passenger and freight traffic....Read more
Private operator FlixTrain has increased the number of seats between 20 and 50 percent on all routes in Germany. From now on, they also guarantee a seat for every traveler – at no extra charge....Read more
The introduction of a virtual coupling systems on the Bolshoy Lug – Slyudyanka section in Russia increased the capacity by 20 pairs of trains per day. That said Sergei Kobzev, Chief Engineer of Russian Railways...Read more
Alstom will equip 34 regional double-decker trains of Luxembourg Railways (CFL) with Automatic Train Operation systems. The trains will be gradually introduced on the Luxembourg, Belgian and French railway network from the end of 2021....Read more
A new interlocking device is in use in Kerava in the south of Finland from 21 June 2021. It is one of the largest deployments of the railway safety equipment system in Finland, and is...Read more
The Rhine-Alpine corridor could be considered the backbone of European rail freight. It’s already the most heavily used freight route on the continent, but has nonetheless far from reached its full potential. At one of...Read more
A multi-million pound upgrade designed to future proof London’s King’s Cross station was completed last week by Network Rail. The ‘once-in-a-generation’ improvement scheme should radically improve services for passengers.Read more
Gaining access to the rail infrastructure and finding suitable equipment. These are the biggest stumbling blocks for private carriers to start an international connection, at least, between the Netherlands and other European cities. “The risks...Read more
Austrian railway infrastructure manager ÖBB will further improve the track between Vienna and Slovakia’s capital Bratislava. The entire stretch will be electrified and expanded to double track. This will shorten the travel time between the...Read more
ePIcenter is an international technology and innovation project to improve the efficiency of freight flows and reduce congestion in the European TEN-T network. Advanced logistics scheduling algorithms are a key focus to optimise rail freight....Read more
South Western Railway is using cameras and AI technology to continually count the number of passengers on board of train carriages. The UK operator plans to make the data available to customers in real-time via...Read more
ANALYSIS – Since the separation of railway infrastructure management from rail operations, it has become more clear how important a good rail network is. Capacity should greatly be improved if the European railway system is...Read more
