Bane NOR has once again been forced to close the Blixtunnel of its new multi-billion-euro Follo railway. The tunnel was closed to traffic following an incident on Monday, the Norwegian infrastructure manager announced on Thursday....Read more
Network Rail, the UK government agency responsible for much of infrastructure across England and Wales, has published its next five-year plan. The agency, which also works in partnership with devolved government in Scotland, has seen...Read more
Network Rail published its five-year plan for its English and Welsh railways. This 44.1-billion pound plan (50.9 billion euro) will be in place for the period of April 2024 to 2029. The plan will see...Read more
The development of durable rail track systems and sleepers is an intricate challenge that requires innovative engineering solutions. Family owned Belgian business De Bonte Group recently spoke to RailTech to explain how its concrete solutions...Read more
The challenges of embedding rail infrastructure in modern high-traffic settings are numerous – from limiting shocks and vibrations to mitigating damage to surrounding superstructures. German profile and sealing specialist Sealable is one company tackling these...Read more
As global concerns about climate change grow, the transportation sector faces a crucial challenge in reducing its carbon footprint, and rail infrastructure firms are playing and increasingly important role in improving the emissions profile of...Read more
In a month from now, RailTech will hosts its first event in Belgium: RailTech Belgium 2023. Home to several major ports, a key focus of the conference programme in Belgium will be on the rail...Read more
A German intercity train hit several people on Thursday morning, leaving two dead and several others injured. The fatal victims are track workers, according to preliminary findings by local policy. The incident happened near Cologne.Read more
After a wave of projects in the Hauts-de-France region, SNCF Réseau is announcing the work planned for May in the Île-De-France region. In 2023, around 2 billion euro worth of work will be carried out...Read more
May and its public holidays are fast approaching. For SNCF Réseau, this season is an opportunity to carry out modernisation works throughout France. Several worksites are planned on the 2,862 kilometres of rail lines in...Read more
In less than two months’ time, RailTech Belgium 2023 will kick off in Brussels. This event on June 6 and 7 will be an opportunity for the international rail sector to get to know the...Read more
Deutsche Bahn (DB) will reopen a section of the Eifel line in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Monday, where in the summer of 2021 massive flooding wreaked havoc on the regional rail infrastructure. DB...Read more
Engineers in Scotland have begun an intense ten-day programme to install a 5,000-tonne bridge on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) at Ravenscraig in North Lanarkshire. The site is near Motherwell on the section of...Read more
Bane NOR executive development director Stine Undrum has announced her resignation, marking the second-high profile departure from the Norwegian infrastructure manager this month. She will be replaced by Utbygging’s Bettina Sandvin from 11 April onwards.Read more
The various inspection rounds of sleepers across Germany in recent months have resulted in new, tightened procedures at Deutsche Bahn (DB) regarding future inspections. Sleepers have been at the centre of attention since last year’s...Read more