The Swedish Transport Administration Trafikverket is planning to build a new main railway line between Stockholm and Malmö, which will free up capacity on the existing Southern Main Line. Trafikverket considers six alternative proposals for...Read more
The Great Belt Bridge between Denmark and Sweden has been closed for freight trains with pocket wagons with semi-trailers. The reason is an almost accident, where a trailer threatened to drop off a moving train...Read more
Over the weekend, Sweden inaugurated its first modern tram line located in Lund, in the south of Sweden. The tramway that started running on Sunday consists of a single double track with a distance of...Read more
The Swedish Transport Administration Trafikverket is carrying out a review of the entire roll out plan for ERTMS in Sweden. Their revision is based on the identification of critical factors that need to be addressed...Read more
Swedish transport authority Trafikverket has recently published a tender for a night train connection between Sweden and the European mainland. Starting in 2022 the train will connect Malmö and Stockholm to Brussels and Hamburg. This...Read more
Sweden’s rail infrastructure manager Trafikverket was forced to prolong the deployment of ERTMS twice this year. First, this was done for the southern regions of the country and then for the Malmbanan line, which is...Read more
The city of Lund is gearing up to launch a tram network in the mid-December. Two Urbos 100 light rail vehicles have been already delivered from Spain for tests and adjustment works. Lund will be...Read more
The expiring spring has become a crucial season for the Stockholm Metro. A considerable part of the blasting works started at all planned extensions of the Blue Line. In addition, Region Stockholm’s Extended Metro Administration...Read more
Women account for 21.41 per cent of the railway staff in Europe. Such a conclusion has been made by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF)...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
Sweden and Denmark continue to move further in ERTMS deployment on their railways. Therefore, several operators and transport authorities have concluded an agreement with Alstom for installing its Atlas ETCS onboard equipment in 77 electric...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
Sweden’s rail infrastructure manager Trafikverket has corrected a time frame of its ERTMS programme. The deployment of the new signalling solution in the southern regions will start in 2023 as it had been scheduled earlier....Read more
Norwegian railway operator Vy has strengthened its bus business. It acquired Flygbussarna, the bus operator in Sweden focused on service to and from airports. With this deal, Vy (former NSB) will become the largest bus...Read more
Siemens Mobility has authorised its popular Vectron locomotive for operations with the European Train Control System (ETCS) Baseline 3. The approval has been issued by Germany’s Federal Railway Authority (EBA) for haulage services within Germany....Read more
