Passenger train operator SJ has brought the maintenance activities of the X40 and X55 train sets in house, the company announced late last week. It recently concluded a transition period that began on February 1st.Read more
Alstom in the past week announced two agreements for the delivery of new train sets. Swedish railway company SJ ordered 25 Zefiro Express electric high-speed trains while earlier in the week Alstom announced the contract award...Read more
On the early Wednesday morning, at 05.44, the first renewed X2000 train of Swedish operator SJ departed from Gothenburg in regular passenger service. At the beginning of 2022, another upgraded train will be in Gothenburg-Stockholm...Read more
The new Norwegian government is making radical changes to the railway policy. They say no to tendering, splitting and privatisation of the railway, and plan to stop the ongoing tendering of railway sections in Norway. Read more
After almost two years, Swedish operator SJ will run train services between Stockholm and Oslo in Norway again starting on 12 December. The Norwegian government has announced that passenger train traffic will be allowed across...Read more
The fact that Swedish operator SJ will run a new night train from Stockholm to Hamburg is not seen as fair by everyone. The train, with government subsidy, will run on days that private operator...Read more
Swedish state railways SJ has won the procurement to run a new night train from Stockholm to Hamburg in Germany. Called SJ EuroNight, the night trains will be part of the network of European night...Read more
Sweden is planning to improve its rail connectivity with other European countries. The night train from Malmö to Brussels via Cologne could be launched in two or three years. To do this, the Scandinavian country...Read more
RailTech continues to inform about the impact of coronavirus on the rail sector in Europe. Below you can find some highlights of Thursday, 19 March. Earlier, we have published similar updates on Wednesday, 18 March,...Read more
Swedish national rail company SJ was chosen as the future operator of the Øresundståg cross-border train service. Since December 2020 it will run the trains through the Øresund Bridge together with Danish State Railways (DSB)....Read more