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Last Sunday, the long-awaited ‘Three Country Train’ was incorporated into an international timetable. Travellers can now travel between Liège (Belgium), Maastricht (the Netherlands) and Aachen (Germany) and almost…
Last Sunday, the long-awaited ‘Three Country Train’ was incorporated into an international timetable. Travellers can now travel between Liège (Belgium), Maastricht (the Netherlands) and Aachen (Germany) and almost…
The head of ERTMS at the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) Jo de Bosschere feels that the Netherlands should start taking action on the ERTMS roll-out. “I…
Since its mandatory introduction in 2009 for all new EU-funded rail projects, the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) has been gradually installed across the trans-European rail networks,…
Carrier Arriva has put the first FLIRT trains with ETCS into use for the Three-Country Train between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Travellers can now transit between Maastricht,…
Adif will invest 41.9 million euros in the renovation of its communication infrastructure in the Central region (including the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the provinces of Ávila,…
The Netherlands now has ERTMS implemented on two lines and a few trial routes. Luxembourg has completed the rollout of the European train safety system, Belgium is well…
Siemens Mobility is set to introduce ETCS train control system Level 2 to Finland as part of the ‘Digirail’ project, which aims to modernise the country’s train control…
Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has announced the sale of its North American conventional signalling business to Knorr-Bremse AG for approximately 630 million euros.
In a bid to modernise and enhance railway communication systems, Europe is gearing up to usher in the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS-5G), slated to replace the…
A milestone has been reached in the deployment of the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP). The first passenger trains controlled by digital in-cab signalling known as the European…
The current ERTMS situation brings a dilemma: there is a concrete chance that some locomotives might not be allowed to run on several European railways until 2026, according…
Siemens Mobility has delivered a Desiro High-Capacity train to Alexandria – the very first of 176 trains for Egypt. These fully electric trains boast a 70 per cent…
The German Federal Government and Deutsche Bahn (DB) have presented the largest and most comprehensive infrastructure programme for the rail network and stations since the 1994 railway reform.…
Siemens Mobility has emerged victorious in the competitive tender to supply Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) with up to 540 new single-deck electric multiple-unit trains. The framework agreement is…
Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) has signed contract with Alstom for the installation of ETCS Level 1 and Smartlock Interlocking for Irish Rail’s Cork Area commuter rail this week.