Financing rolling stock biggest problem for European Sleeper: ‘Will we get the support we need?’
Difficulties in acquiring the necessary rolling stock is the main reason for the delay of the European Sleeper’s first night train service from Brussels to Prague, founder and CEO Elmer van Buuren said at RailTech...Read more
Submission opens for RailTech Innovation Awards 2022
Railtech EuropeThe RailTech Innovation Awards are back, and with more focus on start-ups. For all categories, there is a regular award and one specifically for start-up companies, which play an important role in accelerating innovation in...Read more
Former SpaceX engineers to reinvent rail with platooning wagons
Parallel Systems, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, has raised nearly 47 million euros in funding. With individually powered, autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, freight can be transported in a flexible way.Read more
Rail operator start ups struggle with acquiring rolling stock
Acquiring trains, but also parking and maintaining the rolling stock are some of the biggest obstacles for new providers of international rail travel. “Workshops and sites are almost all in the hands of the major...Read more