The Swiss Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has granted indefinite approval for the use of the new double-decker train for long-distance traffic by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and transport company Transito agreed on a loan to finance 12 new electric double-decker trains. The loan concerns 480 million Swedish kroner, equivalent…
Bombardier Transportation has received an order from German regional public transport operator LandesNahVerkehrsGesellschaft (LNVG) in Lower Saxony for 14 additional Bombardier TWINDEXX Vario double-deck coaches. A total of…
In order to fulfil the orders for double-decker trains, Stadler Rail is extending its manufacturing capacity in Switzerland. To this end, the rolling stock company has leased a…
65 million euros and eight months of the construction works. That’s how much money and time Deutsche Bahn needed to extensively modernise the Warnemünde station. As a result,…
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is modernising its double-decker carriages produced in the 1990s and 2000s. For this year, the company has scheduled to retrofit 19 cars. The entire…
After selling a major part of its aviation business, Canadian company Bombardier plans to get rid of its rail activities. It has started negotiations with the French rolling…
To make its existing equipment suitable for running on tracks with the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), the Dutch railway operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) has launched a…
Hungarian railway operator MÁV-Start has ordered an additional 21 Kiss double-decker trains from Stadler Rail. The new batch of high-capacity vehicles costs approximately 313 million euros. With this…
Russian Railways (RZD) will extend the network of routes served by double-decker trains. Double-decker trains started running on two long-distance lines in early December. At the end of…
Stadler Rail is strengthening its presence in Azerbaijan. After deliveries of passenger coaches and double-decker trains to this country, the Swiss company has got the first order for…
Four European state-owned railway operators have joined forces to develop international and night trains. The companies intend to offer more connections and increase capacity on the existing routes.…
Trying to compete with state-owned railway companies, the open-access operators are looking for new options to improve their service. One of the solutions is the use of double-decker…
RegioJet has become the first operator in Slovakia to use the double-decker trains on the regional non-electrified route. Two five-car double-deckers allow RegioJet to increase the capacity on…
To cater for the growth in the number of rail passengers, Dutch MP Mustafa Amhaouch (CDA) would like new trains purchased to be double-deckers as standard. He made…