Italo doubles its daily high-speed services to 62
Open-access operator Italo is expanding its offer by doubling its current high-speed services. From May 27, the operator will have 62 daily services. Last month, financial support from the government was approved, and now Italo...Read more
‘Adopting a passengers’ perspective is essential for the shift to rail’
“Railway operators should work together more. If we get people out of the car and into the train, everyone will benefit”, says Delphine Grandsart, researcher at the European Passenger Federation (EPF). In this interview, she...Read more
Cost-effectiveness is a key to railway success in competition with aviation
A lot of passengers travelling between Paris and Amsterdam notice that a train ticket is sometimes more expensive than a flight. Kimmo Oostermeyer, an expert in infrastructure and operations at RebelGroup, explained that the price...Read more
German railway companies funded for energy saving investments
Germany will receive EU funding for a scheme to support railway companies that invest in energy efficiency technologies. Companies providing electrically powered rail transport services may be compensated for up to 50 per cent of...Read more
Concerns about takeover Polish infrastructure manager
Polish State Railways PKP SA, the dominant railway operator in Poland, will take over PKP PLK, the infrastructure manager of railway in Poland to establish PKP Holding. Lobby organisations ERFA and ALLRAIL expressed their concern...Read more