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…
Since this week, trains run between Malmö and Lund on a new four-track railway, announced the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket). This significantly increases traffic capacity, and with the upcoming…
With multiple railways hit by flooding in the past weeks, it becomes more and more visible that extreme rainfall can have a devastating impact on railway infrastructure.…
SBB will be renovating the 8.134-kilometre-long, two-lane Hauenstein Base Tunnel in Switzerland for the upcoming five years to ensure safe rail operations over the next 25 years. This…
While rumours have been swirling that the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground is getting an extension all the way to Berlin, RailTech is here to set the…
The Israeli government aims to connect the country’s major urban centres with the interior via rail as part of the ‘One Israel Project’. The plans call for an…
A coruscating report has put the high speed rail project HS2 on the most serious level of fiscal mismanagement. The UK government appointed but independent watchdog, the Infrastructure…
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…
UK infrastructure manager Network Rail will carry out resilience work on the cliffs along a coastal railway in southern England. The project is part of the wider South…
Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK has just completed a key upgrade project in Malaszewicze. The rail freight section now has three additional tracks that can facilitate the transit…
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, will unlock 781 million euros in financing for a new high-speed railway in Southern Turkey. The money comes…
The Lithuanian government has begun land acquisitions in the area between the city of Kaunas and the Polish border. Transferring ownership of plots of land and objects to…
In the first six months of 2023, a total of 14.3 billion euro has been awarded in rail infrastructure contracts by FS Italiane Group. Additional billions are planned…
Network Rail will carry out two separate upgrade projects in the coming weeks, one between Guildford and Petersfield both to the southwest of Londen, while work will also…
The European Commission recently approved a funding scheme for railway siding that covers construction, upgrade and renovations in Czechia. The backing is worth 74 million euros and will…