SBB wants to change timetable in western Switzerland to meet punctuality goals
Swiss state railway operator SBB has plans to make changes to the railway timetable in the west of the country, because the punctuality is not satisfactory. A proposal to revise the timetable in western Switzerland...Read more
Indonesia’s first high-speed railway to start trials at G20 summit in November
Trials of the Jakarta – Bandung high-speed railway will be conducted in November 2022, coinciding with the G20 summit in the country. West Java governor M. Ridwan Kamil stated last week, Indonesian news agency Antara...Read more
Construction works on the Rhine-Alpine corridor impact rail freight
There will be severe restrictions on the German part of the Rhine-Alpine corridor for the next three weeks. Two sections will have limited capacity due to construction works, and this coincides with the already ongoing...Read more
Europe’s new shortcut: Fehmarnbelt tunnel construction after a year
‘In ten minutes to Denmark? We’re working on it’ – that’s what the sign says at the German site where the start of construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel was celebrated last week. In fact, works...Read more
Rail Baltica launches tender for route in Latvia
The first of the procurements of Rail Baltica’s basic route has been launched, with the tender for the main line in Latvia. It involves more than 200 kilometres of infrastructure – railway foundations and superstructures...Read more
Rise in price of raw materials affects Spanish rail projects
The continuous rise in the price of raw materials is affecting several rail construction projects, says president of Adif María Luisa Domínguez. Among these are the Madrid – Extremadura high-speed line and the Mediterranean corridor...Read more
SNCF Réseau launches center for reuse of railway materials
The Paris – Lille high-speed line will be renewed with recycled ballast, starting in 2022. A new center for the reuse of railway materials has been set up by infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau and six...Read more
Rail Baltica updates tender for longest railway bridge construction
A new tender will be announced for the construction of the longest railway bridge of Rail Baltica across the river Neris in Lithuania. Infrastructure manager LTG Infra is clarifying and adjusting the provisions for the...Read more