From a sustainability point of view, the Austrian transport company ÖBB wants as many people as possible to use public transport. To this end, it introduced the so-called Klimaticket, which allows you to travel on...Read more
“We have to reduce track access charges, and especially Germany has a problem with this”, said Oldag Caspar of Germanwatch during a panel discussion at the arrival of the Connecting Europe Express in Berlin. But,...Read more
Unipart Rail and McCulloch Group have launched the first prototype of a battery-powered rail handling machine. The TRT-e is a zero emission version of the Trac Rail Transposer, which can remove and install all profiles...Read more
Eurostar boss Jacques Damas is calling for an aviation tax, the proceeds of which will be used to reduce the costs to use rail infrastructure. In this way, the price of train tickets can be...Read more
The UK train battery programme is running out of juice, according to the House of Lords. While rail is being urged to decarbonise, the upper house of the UK parliament has criticised the government for...Read more
Britain’s first hybrid battery-diesel train made its first trip on July 21. One the 25th anniversary of operator Chiltern Railways the HybridFLEX was launched, as well as a celebration event at London Marylebone Station. Chiltern...Read more
Spanish train manufacturer Talgo joins forces with hydrogen producer Repsol. Talgo is already developing a project to manufacture hydrogen-powered trains, as part of the Basque Hydrogen Corridor initiative, launched in February this year. Repsol will...Read more
Under the name GreenCityTrip, a new sleeper train will run twice a week starting 15 October 2021 from the Netherlands to popular destinations such as Prague, Vienna, Venice, Innsbruck, Verona and Milan. The initiator is...Read more
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) will be revised as part of a new climate protection package the EU will announce today. The objective is clear: a 55 per cent reduction of EU emissions by...Read more
The Bavarian State supports the testing in Bavaria of a hydrogen-powered train developed by Siemens Mobility. A two-car Mireo Plus H train will be tested on the route Augsburg – Füssen in Germany from mid-2023....Read more
Deutsche Bahn will develop a new type of mobile filling station for hydrogen trains, which will fuel trains within 15 minutes. Following tests in the coming weeks, it will be built in autumn, and should...Read more
“Already a low carbon mode of transport, taking diesel trains off the network through electric, battery and hydrogen trains would help generate jobs and investment, reduce emissions and support a pivotal industry”, said Kate Jennings,...Read more
A study commissioned by LTG Infra revealed that 63 percent of the Lithuanian population would prioritise electric vehicles – buses, cars and trains – over non-electric transport. Currently, only 9 percent of railway lines are...Read more
The first zero-emission, fully electric shunting locomotives for the port of Rotterdam are in the production line. By 2024, the Dutch harbour wants to replace diesel shunting locomotives and make its rail operations fully carbon...Read more
Deutsche Bahn will reduce its climate impact faster than initially planned. CEO Richard Lutz announced on Wednesday that the previous target of being climate neutral is moved forward by ten years – from 2050 to...Read more
