The US Senate has voted to take up an agreement including 66 billion dollars for rail transport. A ‘historic investment’, says railroad company Amtrak. President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached agreement...Read more
In this year, ÖBB is investing 265 million euros in railway infrastructure in the Federal State of Upper Austria. The Austrian Railways are focussing on additional capacity, fit and safe rail routes and attractive train...Read more
Ukrainian Railways will start important restructuring plans together with an increase in investments of 776.6 million euros in infrastructure, locomotives, freight wagons and passengers services. This was recently announced by chairman Volodymyr Zhmak of UZ...Read more
ÖBB, the Austrian railway company, will invest almost three billion euros annually in the railway network. The vision for the design is to prioritize four different points: combating climate change, strengthening Metropolitan regions and rural...Read more
There are plans for a new facility in the German city of Nuremberg for the maintenance of ICE trains. Deutsche Bahn invests 400 million in the maintenance facility, and creates 450 new jobs with the...Read more
Deutsche Bahn continues to invest in the high-speed fleet. The company’s new focus is the extra-long vehicles that consist of 13 carriages. In addition, they will be able to run faster compared to other DB’s...Read more
To enhance passenger information systems at small and medium-sized train stations, SBB is installing interactive screens. The first devices were deployed in the municipalities of Suhr, Illnau-Effretikon and Düdingen in September. In general, 1,000 screens...Read more
German national railway company Deutsche Bahn has recognised wi-fi connection as a basic need for travellers. To this end, it launched a major investment programme to provide this option at more than 130 stations and...Read more
The Dutch government has announced on Tuesday that it will keep financially supporting the public transport sector in 2021. To this end, it has announced a so-called ‘availability fee’ of 740 million for the first...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
Railway lines in Germany will be equipped with digital interlocking technology by 2035, five years ahead of the original schedule. The country’s government will allocate 500 million euros to speed up the programme. In addition,...Read more
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) started to construct a new hall at Vienna Simmering station. It will be dedicated to the maintenance of the night trains. The facility will be completed in March 2022.Read more
Reduction of track access charges is becoming more and more popular in European countries. Some governments are even considering the possibility to suspend them. Of course, it is good for railway undertakings to boost their...Read more
167 train stations will be repaired in Germany this year. To this end, Deutsche Bahn plans to attract local small and medium-sized enterprises. This programme is funded by the German government to tackle the consequences...Read more
Sweden’s rail infrastructure manager Trafikverket was forced to prolong the deployment of ERTMS twice this year. First, this was done for the southern regions of the country and then for the Malmbanan line, which is...Read more
