European rail traffic on the rise again, but not yet back to normal
With Covid-19 on a retreat, rail traffic in Europe is growing, but the effects of the crisis can still be seen with 25 per cent fewer passengers this March compared to before the pandemic. This...Read more
Transport for London support extended
Transport for London (TfL) will receive extended support from the UK Government until 11 December 2021. An agreement of 1.08 billion pounds (around 1.3 billion euros) was made on Tuesday, 1 June. One of the...Read more
Rail passenger services lost 600 million per week in 2021 so far
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact heavily on European rail. Passenger revenues remain at only half of what they were in pre-crisis times. These are the findings of the latest ‘Covid Impact Tracker’ carried out...Read more
‘EU Year of Rail should be extended in face of Covid-19’
CER, EIM and UNIFE – among the main rail associations in Brussels – have asked for an extension of the European Year of Rail, as the pandemic hinders the full potential it could have in...Read more
SNCF: state aid for Eurostar is needed within the month to get through crisis
French State Railways (SNCF) said that its high speed Channel Tunnel rail subsidiary Eurostar needs state aid within the month to get through Covid-19 crisis. SNCF chief executive Jean-Pierre Farandou, said this to the Financial...Read more
Scottish railways back in public ownership
The Scottish government in Edinburgh has confirmed on Wednesday it will take the railway system back into public ownership in one year from now (31 March 2022). The move was widely anticipated, after the government...Read more
Belgium reduces track access charges until end of June 2021
The Belgian government has announced to financially support the rail freight industry. Until 30 June, a reduced tariff applies for freight trains, and cancellation and reservation costs are waived. The support scheme applies from 1...Read more
CER: European railways suffered 26 billion loss due to Covid
Passenger train services in Europe lost 24 billion worth of revenues in 2020, while freight services lost 2 billion. This is shown by data collected by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER),...Read moreCongested railway track in EU doubled over 3-year period
The total length of railway track that was congested in the EU has almost doubled from 2015 to 2018. In total, congestion affected 2,261 kilometres of track in the 27 countries of the EU (3,32...Read more
Matthias Ruete: use the EU Covid recovery programme to deploy ERTMS
“Make sure that ERTMS is part of your national recovery programme. There’s 750 billion euro’s available!”, was the call that European ERTMS coordinator Matthias Ruete placed in his opening speech at the RailTech Infra Forum...Read more