Twenty Romanian diesel shunting locomotives have been saved and given an opportunity for revival. The locomotives would typically be scrapped as they near the end of their operable…
Rail may hold the keys to climate friendly solutions in transport, but sometimes climate change hits back at the sector. This week, parts of Central and Eastern Europe…
A crucial rail route in Romania’s east will be suspended for the foreseeable future after heavy flooding from Storm Boris caused severe destruction along more than 100 kilometres…
At least ten people were killed by floods in central Europe over the weekend after days of heavy rainfall left towns submerged and national rail networks in complete…
This summer, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu finally agreed to creating a high-speed railway line from Bucharest to Budapest. Travel times between…
Romania is cancelling plans to buy 12 hydrogen-powered trains worth around 360 million euros and wants instead to reinvest EU funds intended for the project in building highways.…
Alstom and the Romanian Railway Reform Authority (ARF) have recently entered into a substantial contract, valued at approximately 150 million euros, for the supply of 16 Traxx 3…
Alstom is set to modernise the Caransebes-Lugoj railway line in western Romania through the implementation of the ERTMS Level 2 signalling system. The project, part of the broader…
Alstom will construct a new depot in Bucharest for the maintenance of new electric Coradia Stream passenger trains with an investment of 50 million euros. It will service the…
In 2022, Ukrzaliznytsia reconstructed and overhauled 470 kilometres of railway track, and electrified another 82 kilometres, a record for the Ukrainian infrastructure manager. Connections to neighbouring European countries…
Ukrainian Railways on Tuesday afternoon celebrated an inaugural trip into Romania via the newly restored section Rakhiv-Berlebash on the cross-border line into the neighbouring country. Orest Klympush, the…
Ukrainian Railways has restored two border crossings with Romania, hoping to establish additional railway routes between the countries. The railway company now urges its Romanian counterpart do ‘do…
The Romanian Transport Ministry endorsed the procurement of twelve hydrogen trains on Wednesday. The trains will be financed by the country’s recovery and resilience plan, with funding from…
To improve the connections to neighbouring European countries, Ukraine is planning and carrying out railway construction works. The efforts include reopening sections of railway that have been out…
Making use of the European funds to recover after the pandemic, Romania aims to improve rail infrastructure in order to eliminate speed bottlenecks. It will also launch a…