Kyiv gets €50m from EU bank to replace Russian metro cars
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has released 50 million euros for Kyiv to purchase new metro cars so as to replace its ageing Russian rolling stock. It is…
‘National security’: Why did Spain block Hungary’s Talgo takeover?
Spain’s government has blocked the 619 million euro sale of Spanish train producer Talgo to a Hungarian consortium due to “national security” concerns. That’s because the buyers are…
Russia’s railway to occupied Ukraine completed
Russia has reportedly completed its new railway running from Rostov-on-Don in the country’s southwest to the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol in Donetsk. “This is the conclusion we…
Russia agrees to Moscow-Saint Petersburg high-speed rail
Russia has approved plans to build a high-speed railway line between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The 679-kilometre railway should make it possible to travel between the country’s two…
Ivolga 4.0 debuts on Moscow Central Diameter
The inaugural journey of the Ivolga 4.0 electric train took place on Line D4 of the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) on May 2, according to a Moscow Metro…
Putin’s railway through occupied Ukraine almost complete
Russia has almost finished its new railroad in occupied Ukraine, warns Kilrilo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence Service (DIU). The railway is meant to serve as…
Russia to build first ‘VSM-1’ high-speed line
Russia has decided to build a high-speed line. The project, known as VSM-1 (High-Speed Railway line-1, HSR-1), aims to connect Russia’s major urban hubs, serving approximately 40.2 million…
Russia said to be building a railway to Crimea through Ukraine
According to a local governor, Russia is building a railway that will connect Rostov-on-Don near the Ukrainian border with the Crimea region, which the country annexed to its…
Two new commuter lines inaugurated in Moscow
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin inaugurated a fourth Moscow Central Diameter (MCD-4) suburban commuter line last Saturday. It is now…
Flooding damages Russian Baikal-Amur railway line
The Kholodnaya River overflowed its banks last Saturday after heavy rainfall, washing away and damaging part of the Baikal-Amur railway line in Russia and making rail traffic impossible.
Rail guerrillas in Russia bomb railway section to Belarus
A railway section near Novozybkov, close to the Russian borders with Belarus and Ukraine, was damaged by an explosive device this week. The attack was claimed by Russian…
European gauge proposal: unreasonable or strategic for Finland?
Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka has called the recent proposal by the European Commission on the European standard rail gauge “unreasonable”. The views of Finnish…
Russian Railways requests EU to lift sanctions
The Russian Railways have proceeded with an official request to the European Union to lift sanctions against the company. RZD was among the first legal entities to enter…
Hungary proceeds with Budapest bypass, with or without Russian support
Hungary is moving ahead with the V0 rail freight line bypassing Budapest, despite the complicated relationship it currently has with Russia. Russia vowed to support the construction of…
At least 6,300 kilometres of tracks damaged in Ukraine
Since the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine, at least 6,300 kilometres of railways and 41 railway bridges have been damaged. The projected costs are least 3,4 billion…