In November, only every second long-distance train of Deutsche Bahn was on time, with punctuality at 52 per cent being a new low for this year. The many construction works on the German tracks to...Read more
On the coldest day of the year, so far, you would not want to be stuck without power, in the countryside on a broken-down train. That happened on Thursday to around 700 passengers of the...Read more
Six new railway undertakings, including Eurostar, have or will soon join the Agreement on Journey Continuation (AJC). This multilateral agreement between European operators supports international rail passengers in reaching their final destination after they miss...Read more
A Japanese court ordered West Japan Railway to posthumously return 56 yen (0.40 euros) to one of its train drivers on Tuesday. This amount had been deducted from the pay over a one-minute delay in...Read more
It will not be possible to speed up the train connecting between Amsterdam and Berlin by half an hour from 2024. The journey time will not be reduced until 2026 at the earliest and until...Read more
The rail freight industry is deeply concerned about the disturbance on the German railway network of the last two weeks, caused by construction works. Combined with a lack of alternative capacity made available, it has...Read more
A smart algorithm to detect delays automatically on the tracks was developed by researchers at the University of Portsmouth with South Western Railway.Read more
The Swedish Transport Administration’s railway project at Maland outside Sundsvall, which should start early May, risks being delayed. The reason is that a late appeal got stuck in the Administrative Court’s spam filter. It is...Read more
The European Parliament has approved the agreement with member states on the revised rules on rail passengers’ rights last week. The rules should guarantee that passengers can be re-routed and receive help when there are...Read more
The Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail will reassess the so-called WInterproof RAilway (WIRA) switch that was fabricated ten years ago. According to the inventor of the switch, it could have been the solution to failing switches...Read more