What this tailored FLIRT Akku means for greening regio-rail
A specially tailored version of Stadler’s FLIRT Akku train was shown to the public for the first time at InnoTrans today, and with much fanfare. One of 44…
Long Marston centre to be electrified
Porterbrook is investing in the Long Marston testing centre in Warwickshire, England. The leasing and asset management company has been the operator of the site since 2021. Last…
1 million euro funding boosts for rail electrification innovation efforts
The UK government has allocated 1 million pounds (1.68 million euros) to Furrer+Frey GB, the British division of the Swiss rail engineering firm, to spearhead innovation projects aimed…
Norway’s Norland Line to be partially electrified for battery locomotives
The iconic Norland railway line crossing Norway on a north-south axis and connecting Trondheim with Bodø will be the first critical route of the country to be upgraded…
Poland to electrify 1,400 km of railway lines until 2030
Poland’s investments in rail infrastructure as outlined in its updated National Rail Programme will focus on electrification, modernising the railway network and increasing train speed and connection times…
Lithuania’s busiest railway line electrification reaches halfway milestone
Lithuania is catching up with electrifying its railway tracks. The electrification of the Vilnius-Klaipėda railway in Lithuania is halfway finished, LTG Infra announced this week.
Scotland network electrification Barrhead to Glasgow upgrade begins
The UK infrastructure agency, Network Rail, is never really guilty of underplaying its hand, but they might be accused of being a little modest over a project about…
Over half of EU locomotives still run on diesel: the road to net zero
While already the most sustainable mode of transport, it is still a challenge to move rail to net zero emissions, sees the European Association of Rail Rolling Stock…
Banedanmark prepares electrification between Vejle and Skanderborg
Banedanmark, the Danish infrastructure manager, is currently preparing for the electrification of the busy main line between Vejle and Skanderborg to accommodate electric trains. To make room for…
Austria and Czech Republic join forces to bring ‘Emperor Franz Josephs railway’ into the 21st century
Named after Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the ‘Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Bahn’ is a railway that connects the Austrian capital Vienna to Prague in Czech Republic. Its first…
Background
Getting rail emissions to zero
Rail is already the least emissions-intensive mode of transport, but the European goal is to get to net zero by 2050. How can railways get to this goal?
Ukrainian Railways built and electrified a record length of tracks in 2022
In 2022, Ukrzaliznytsia reconstructed and overhauled 470 kilometres of railway track, and electrified another 82 kilometres, a record for the Ukrainian infrastructure manager. Connections to neighbouring European countries…
ÖBB completes major electrification and modernisation projects
ÖBB has wrapped up its “largest electrification project in recent years” with the overhaul the Marchegger Ostbahn. The project completed on Thursday enables the introduction of the low-floor…
German state Baden-Württemberg finds battery to be best solution for diesel alternative trains
After studying the various options, the transport ministry of Baden-Württemberg will no longer consider hydrogen trains, and finds battery-electric vehicles as the best, and mainly the cheapest solution.
Deutsche Bahn begins construction of catenary islands in northern Germany
Deutsche Bahn has begun the construction of so-called catenary islands in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, where in the near future battery-powered trains will be deployed. These train…