DB has already sold more than 6,5 million tickets for 9 euros in recent days. That is double the number of flat-fee tickets sold since the end of May. Over the Whitsun weekend, 86,000 people...Read more
In May, UK railway passenger numbers reached a high of 92 percent of pre-Covid levels, new statistics of the Department for Transport (DfT) reveal. The Railway Industry Association (RIA) hailed the new figures on Tuesday.Read more
Local transportation company Metro de Granada has awarded CAF with a contact to supply eight Urbos light rail vehicle sets. The units are expected to enter service in early 2024.Read more
ÖBB has entered the planning stage for the expansion of the Phyrn line, a railway connection between Linz and Selzthal. The railway will be expanded to two lines at various sections, and the financial resources...Read more
HS1 stations in the United Kingdom, from London to the Channel tunnel, will adopt passenger flow technology. HS1 Ltd announced a three-year contract with OpenSpace Group, whose technology can pin-point and count every person in...Read more
The German Federal Cartel office released its preliminary conclusion about various practices and contractual clauses of Deutsche Bahn (DB) this week, saying that those related to mobility platforms “constitute an abuse of market power”.Read more
The Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure unveiled its transport and logistics master plan earlier this month, which calls for almost 200 billion dollars (183,7 billion euros) in investment over the coming two decades. Among...Read more
Thousands of European youth became eligible for the European Commission’s free travel passes this week. The application period for the 35,000 tickets is open through April 21st. Another batch of 35,000 free passes for rail...Read more
A collision between a passenger train and a pick-up truck in Hungary on Tuesday morning left several dead and at least 11 injured, railway company MAV and the Hungarian police report.Read more
A major IT issue at Dutch Railways (NS) on Sunday left most of the Netherlands without train services throughout the afternoon and early evening. NS was able to resume its services as normal on Monday...Read more
Allianz pro Schiene, Germany’s not-for-profit rail transport association, on Tuesday called upon the Germany government not to go ahead with a reduction in fuel tax, saying Berlin should emphasise a reduction in overal energy use...Read more
The driver who in 2015 operated an Amtrak Northeast Regional train that derailed, causing the deadliest wreck in the area in almost three decades, was acquitted by a jury on all counts last week.Read more
Italy will be allowed to compensate commercial rail passenger operators for the loss of income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission ruled earlier this week.Read more
Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) last month announced it would be merging its passenger and rail freight operations under a single roof. While experts agree that there is a lot of potential for rail freight in...Read more
