Topic: Sustainability

Lithuania’s first solar-panelled sound barrier

Lithuania’s transport minister has inaugurated the nation’s first electricity-producing railway sound barrier, a project he said had no parallels anywhere else in the world. Discussions are now underway…
‘Use metro energy to charge buses’ says Dutch research

Can you use the energy from the metro to charge electric buses? That’s what the Delft University of Technology, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute),…
City of The Hague goes after ‘Energy in Public Transport’ and RET

In The Hague, on Wednesday, the municipality, businesses, and organizations made local agreements on sustainability measures. The Hague aims to use the overhead lines of trams and electric…
A green and circular railway: how can this be achieved?

Every day gone by is one day closer to the goal of Europe’s target to be climate-neutral in 2050. What is already possible with batteries, how to get…

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Altametris digitalises ballast management on SNCF network

The French railway network is 47,000 kilometres long. Until 2020, these tracks were inspected on foot by agents on average every 2 months. Since then, they have been…

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‘Majority of European rail managers do not convey environmental targets’

According to an analysis of Standard Ethics based on publicly available information, 58 per cent of the largest European rail infrastructure managers do not communicate a commitment to…

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Swedish Public Transport sends Santa a 40-point wish list

The Swedish Public Transport Association (Svensk Kollektivtrafik) has produced a report summarising knowledge about the increase in climate emissions and how public transport and increased transport efficiency can…

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Rail ignored by 75% of climate plans: can COP28 change this?

This Thursday, the UN climate conference COP28 kicked off in Dubai. Though transport is not one of the main topics, railway sector organisations try their best to draw…
Lankhorst Rail to assist Network Rail in recycled plastic sleeper project

Network Rail has recently awarded Lankhorst Rail a contract to assist in the development of the next generation of railway sleepers, with the aim of exploring more environmentally…
Alstom and SNCF present first diesel-converted battery train

Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom and SNCF Voyageurs presented the first diesel-converted battery Regional Train (TER) for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on 18 October. It will undergo several testing phases before being…
California signs with Stadler for America’s first hydrogen trains

The State of California and Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler have signed an agreement for the supply of hydrogen trains this Thursday. Under the contract worth 80 million…
Saudi Arabia Railways starts hydrogen train tests with Alstom

Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) and French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom will start testing the Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train in the Saudi capital Riyadh this month. It…
Renfe aims to become more energy independent by building solar plants

Spanish railway operator Renfe plans to build a 20 MW solar panel facility to power its trains, after which many will follow. Most of the generated electricity will…

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Dutch Arriva temporarily switches back to diesel due to high HVO prices

Since May this year, many of Arriva’s regional trains in the Netherlands have stopped running on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). According to Arriva, the cost of this more sustainable…
Irish Rail to trial Europe’s first locomotive to combust hydrogen instead of diesel

IarnrĂłd Éireann (Irish Rail), and the Latvian company DIGAS have entered into a contractual agreement aimed at transforming a diesel freight locomotive into one that runs on hydrogen…