Alstom, Thales and Nokia have completed a high-speed signalling upgrade in Poland. The consortium has installed ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 on the E65 railway line which links Warsaw with Gdynia. The project was based on a...Read more
Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has launched a project to reform rail connectivity in Madrid and connect the stations Puerta de Atocha and Chamartín with a tunnel. With the planned expansions of the high-speed network and...Read more
The European Commission will formulate EU legislation for “concrete actions” to double rail freight transport and triple the number of high-speed train services by 2050. In the meantime, trials are underway with a European train...Read more
In recent decades, huge investments were done in Europe for the construction of high-speed lines. National networks of thousands of kilometers of track have been built. “Now the only thing left to do is to...Read more
The German federal government, Deutsche Bahn and the industry will jointly accelerate the digitalisation of the rail network in 2021. Seven regional routes will be equipped with digital interlocking this year with 500 million euros...Read more
The Swedish Transport Administration Trafikverket presented four proposals for the three new high-speed main lines last week. In order to meet the government’s cost framework of 20 billion euros, the design needed to be reconsidered...Read more
“We can’t afford to send out a maintenance team when we don’t know what’s going on, we have to anticipate failures”, says Diego Galar, professor of condition monitoring at the Luleå University of Technology in...Read more
The Spanish high-speed line between Monforte del Cid, Elche and Orihuela in the province Alicante is officially opened. On February 1, an opening ceremony was held with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Transport minister José...Read more
Egypt signed an agreement for a 1000 kilometre high-speed rail network with Siemens Mobility and local companies. Work on the first section of 460 kilometre will start immediately and will take two years, according to...Read more
The design work of the first Czech high-speed line in the Elbe had been recently awarded. Completion of the design by a Czech-French-British consortium is expected in mid-2022. The contract, which includes zoning decisions, comprises...Read more
Belgian railway infrastructure manager Infrabel will carry out the finalising works on the Mechelen Railway Bypass in the upcoming weeks. On December 14th, operator NMBS will take the associated platforms 11 and 12 into service....Read more
In Germany the plans for the new Frankfurt-Mannheim high speed railway line were recently presented. After four years of discussion Deutsche Bahn believes the now chosen route is the best option to shorten travel distance,...Read more
A large railway operation around the area of Rotterdam will take place in the upcoming period. One of the projects is the placing of windscreens on the railway bridge of the high-speed line (HSL) over...Read more
Austrian construction company PORR won a major deal in the United Kingdom. It will produce and deliver slab tracks for the planned HS2 line between London and Crewe. To this end, the supplier will establish...Read more
UK’s government-funded company High Speed Two Limited has formally launched full construction works of the HS2 railway from London to Birmingham and Crewe. This project, which is considered as the largest one in Europe, will...Read more
