Rail Baltica Latvia signs for construction design of regional stations
RERE INECO, a Latvian-Spanish association of companies, will develop the construction designs of the Latvian stations of the new Rail Baltica high-speed railway. Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas, Rail Baltica’s national implementing body in Latvia, and RERE...Read more
Adif invests millions in making A Coruña high-speed ready
Adif has earmarked 72,5 million euros for investment in an overhaul of the train station in A Coruña. The historical site will be upgraded to accommodate the expected uptick in traffic as a result of...Read more
RFI presents plans for Bergamo train station rejuvenation
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and the Bergamo municipality have presented their plans for the city’s new train station. The 80-million euro project will be part of a larger redevelopment effort planned for the area, known...Read more
Poland to upgrade railway line Szczecin to the German border
To achieve a shorter travel time for passengers and a more efficient transportation of goods between Szczecin Główny and Germany, Polish railway manager PKP PKL will modernise the railway line to the Polish-German border. Works...Read more
Prague will get new tram line and reconstructed main station
Members of the Prague City Council this week approved the launch of a competitive dialogue for the reconstruction of the check-in hall of its main railway station Praha Hlavní Nádraží, the surrounding area and the...Read more
Passenger flow technology to be installed at HS1 stations
HS1 stations in the United Kingdom, from London to the Channel tunnel, will adopt passenger flow technology. HS1 Ltd announced a three-year contract with OpenSpace Group, whose technology can pin-point and count every person in...Read more
Italy launches study to make railway stations shared mobility hubs
Italian railway manager RFI and the National Observatory of Sharing Mobility will analyse five stations with the goal of developing shared mobility, they announced this week. The goal is to make rail transport more connected...Read more
Spanish transport minister unveils railways plans for suburban Barcelona
Raquel Sánchez Jiménez, the Spanish minister of transportation, earlier this week unveiled plans for an overhaul of the railway network in Vallès Occidental country, just outside Barcelona. The plans call for a new train station...Read more
Architecture firm Grimshaw wins competition for ‘crown jewel’ of Budapest railway node
International architecture practice Grimshaw has won the design competition for the renewal of the Nyugati train station in the Hungarian capital of Budapest.Read more
Australia earmarks 1 billion dollars for Sydney rail upgrades
The Australian federal government will present its budget on Tuesday, which will include 1 billion Australian dollars (690 million euros) for improvements on the downtown section of the Central Coast & Newcastle Line.Read more
HS2 unveils updated designs for London Euston station
HS2 on Wednesday published new images of the future London Euston station. The updated designs are a marked departure from the ones first released in 2015, as the station can now be built in a...Read more
SNCF to install solar panels on 1.1 million m2 of station areas by 2030
SNCF Gares & Connexions plans to deploy 1.1 million m2 of solar panels on railway station property by 2030. They have launched a nationwide consultation for the installation of solar panels on the grounds of...Read more
Renfe to analyse video surveillance in nearly 500 stations with AI
Spanish rail operator Renfe has launched the digitisation of the security systems of 483 Cercanías stations to collect and process data with AI anonymously and automatically. This year, nearly 200 stations should see the system...Read more