To fund the 300 million euros earmarked for investment in French railway infrastructure by 2027, a new financing contract has been established by the French government, placing the…
Deutsche Bahn has made changes to its planning for the construction of a new high-speed rail tunnel below the city centre of Frankfurt in a bid to streamline…
Spanish operator Renfe announced the launch its fifth business unit on Wednesday, in a bid to manage and grow its international activities. Renfe Proyectos Internacionales was created following…
Talgo will deliver the first units of a new batch of 30 Avril high-speed trains in November as per a new deadline agreed upon this week with Renfe.…
Recently, the German coalition government decided to break with the ‘road finances road’ principle, outlined in a reform package. But will the needed investments in railway infrastructure –…
The conference programme of the inaugural edition of RailTech Belgium 2023 is all but complete and the exhibition floor is filling up fast. Here is the latest information.
Little more than two months following the announcement of an acquisition of a controlling 38-per cent share in rail infrastructure company Torpol, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) last week…
The Trento bypass, a key piece of infrastructure that will offer access to the Brenner Base Tunnel on the Italian side, has been green lit for construction. Work…
Eighty per cent of the money from the CO2 surcharge of the German truck toll will from 2024 onwards go to railway investments, instead of road. This decision…
The French government will invest 100 billion euros to expand and upgrade the rail network to reduce the country’s carbon emissions. This was announced last week by French…
Abu Dhabi’s state-owned holding firm Mubadala Investment Company will back the planned 3-billion-dollar railway between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman, it announced this week.
Express bus services often beat the long-distance train in Portugal when it comes to travel time, an analysis by Portuguese economic newspaper ECO has shown. Bus services arrive…
A new railway link from the Persian Gulf to Turkey and eventually Europe via Iraq has entered the design phase. The country is expediting the project, as it…
ÖBB has started 2023 with a bang in announcing combined railway infrastructure investments of 3.38 billion euros in the various Austrian states. The eastern part of the country…
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has welcomed the Scottish government commitments to sustaining rail funding in their recent budget statement, made to parliament in Edinburgh earlier this month.…