Another Estonian section of the planned Rail Baltica project has been given the green light. The compliance of the environmental impact assessment of the fifth out of a total of eight sections was recently confirmed...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
Instead of filling out a paper form, railway workers can now fill out a digital and dynamic form after welding works on the track. RailApp recently introduced an improved, dynamic welding registration form in the...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
ÖBB has inaugurated a new underpass in Deutsch-Wagram, just north of the capitol Vienna. The work was carried out as part of an expansion and modernisation project of the Northern Line. The Austrian operator aims...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
There has been disappointment from supporters, and delight from detractors, over the news that construction of Britain’s high speed rail project, HS2, would be “paused” over much of its length, with the exception of the...Read more
The costs of migrating the whole Finnish TEN-T rail network from 1,524 mm gauge to the European standard are far greater than the possible benefits, deeming such a shift unfeasible. A viable alternative would be...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
Recently, the German coalition government decided to break with the ‘road finances road’ principle, outlined in a reform package. But will the needed investments in railway infrastructure – 45 billion euros until 2027 – be...Read more
After eight months, the emblematic Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame station is reopening its doors to passengers, having been completely renovated. This 32-million-euro project was financed by Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM), while the construction was carried out by Connect Gares....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
The conference programme of the inaugural edition of RailTech Belgium 2023 is all but complete and the exhibition floor is filling up fast. Here is the latest information.Read more
Recuperated brake energy trains on the UK’s high-speed line HS1 can power more than 375 homes on an annual basis. That’s the conclusion on the part of HS1, the company operating the high-speed line, following...Read more