The lessons Infrabel learned from the flood: ‘We had never expected the rail embankments to become so unstable’
“The flooding of last year was the worst disaster we ever experienced on the Belgian railways”, said civil engineer at Infrabel Bart Kamoen at the RailTech webinar on Climate Change Adaptation. How did Infrabel deal...Read more
Network Rail outlines risks of climate change in new adaptation report
British rail infrastructure manager Network Rail published its third Adaptation Report focusing on tackling climate change risks to rail. This reports on the progress and future challenges for the UK rail network.Read more
Scotland’s Railway chief: decarbonise rail to honour Stonehaven crash victims
Scotland’s Railway managing director Alex Hynes calls on the transport sector to reduce emissions in memory of the victims of the Stonehaven rail crash last year, where climate change played a role. Scotland had been...Read more
Network Rail finishes landslip prevention project in Hastings
Over a hundred engineers have carried out landslip prevention work along the 160-year old Hastings route in the UK. This in order to prepare the route for more extreme weather as the result of climate...Read more
Climate change resilience for vital England – Wales rail freight link
Network Rail has announced a 25 million pound (28 million euro) investment to secure the future of what they describe as a critical cross-border transport link, serving freight operations in both Wales and England. Details...Read more
Deutsche Bahn sets climate neutral target 10 years earlier
Deutsche Bahn will reduce its climate impact faster than initially planned. CEO Richard Lutz announced on Wednesday that the previous target of being climate neutral is moved forward by ten years – from 2050 to...Read more
Angela Merkel: ‘Only with rail we will achieve our climate goals’
“Rail plays a special role in achieving our climate protection goals. We want more people to switch from cars or planes to trains and more goods to be transported by rail”, says German Chancellor Angela...Read more
ÖBB invests 17.5 billion euros in railway masterplan
ÖBB, the Austrian railway company, will invest almost three billion euros annually in the railway network. The vision for the design is to prioritize four different points: combating climate change, strengthening Metropolitan regions and rural...Read more