ASFA Digital (Automatic Braking and Announcement of Signals) is now in use on three more commuter lines, Adif announced on Sunday. With the rollout, the Spanish infrastructure manager is targeting improvements in punctuality.Read more
A Japanese court ordered West Japan Railway to posthumously return 56 yen (0.40 euros) to one of its train drivers on Tuesday. This amount had been deducted from the pay over a one-minute delay in...Read more
Nearly 30 thousand Saudi women have signed up for the 30 positions of train drivers, a profession previously not open to women in the Kingdom. The female train drivers will work on the Haramain high-speed...Read more
Spanish railway workers, mostly train drivers, have striked on 5 days from September 30th. Union SEMAF called the strike, partly joined by union Sindicato Ferroviario, but Renfe and SEMAF reached an agreement to call off...Read more
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the Union of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL) have agreed on a collective agreement. After multiple strikes, this settles the collective bargaining conflict with the union. DB will give employees two corona...Read more
In an attempt to avoid new strikes, Deutsche Bahn (DB) has offered the drivers’ union GDL a new, improved proposal. According to head of human resources Martin Seiler, a workable offer is on the table.Read more
Deutsche Bahn took legal action against the strike of the German Locomotive Drivers Union (GDL), but without succes. The current strike is the third and longest one in a month, and is planned by GDL...Read more
At DB Cargo in Germany, train drivers affiliated to the union GDL will strike again from Wednesday evening. The drivers of Deutsche Bahn passenger trains will follow one day later. The action will continue until...Read more
Passenger trains in Germany continue as usual after the strike of the GDL union ended at 2.am on Friday. When the strike for passenger traffic began on Wednesday, only 25 percent of long-distance trains could...Read more
The strike of the union of German train drivers (GDL) has started and is having a major impact on German train traffic. In long-distance traffic, around 25 percent of trains run nationwide. There are strong...Read more
Two passenger trains in the south-west of Czech Republic clashed on Wednesday morning. Authorities say three people were killed and nearly 40 were injured in the head-on collision near the village Milavče in the Pilsen...Read more
After fruitless negotiations with Deutsche Bahn, train driver’s union GDL announced last week it will hold a vote on the previously announced strikes. The vote count is scheduled for August 9, and the union expects...Read more
A new attempt to resolve the collective bargaining conflict between Deutsche Bahn and the train drivers’ union GDL failed on Monday in the fourth collective bargaining round. The negotiations have hardened, and there are said...Read more
The majority of rail traffic in the Netherlands came to a standstill on Monday afternoon due to a malfunction in ProRail’s communication system. Communication between train drivers and train traffic control was blocked. Train traffic...Read more
Starting this spring, Finnish operator VR introduces a Driver Assistance System (DAS) that assists the locomotive drivers in passenger and freight trains. Using machine learning, the DAS helps to optimise train driving, increase energy efficiency,...Read more
