Montpellier inaugurates Line 4 tram
The French prime minister Manuel Valls, the mayor of Montpellier, Philippe Saurel and Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrénées regional president, Carole Delga inaugurated […]
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Bulgaria waits for EU to approve State Aid for the railways
Bulgaria expects that EU Commission will allow by September state aid to the debt-ridden national railway carrier, BDZ, Transport Minister […]
Jerusalem approves two more light rail lines
The Jerusalem municipality has approved two more lines for the city’s Light Rail and an extension of the current Red […]
SBB plans internet service on trains to Italy from 2019
Swiss railway operator SBB is due to offer WLAN to its passengers on the new Giruno trains through the Gotthard […]
Slovenia to complete GSM-R deployment
The project for the introduction of the GSM-R digital radio system on the Slovenian railway network is in the final […]
Kazakhstan joins Central Asia-Middle East transport corridor
Kazakhstan has joined the Central Asia – Middle East (Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan – Iran – Oman) transport corridor project. The […]
Stadler signs new contract to build 27 EMUs
Stadler Rail has been awarded the contract to supply Rhaetian Railway (RhB) in Switzerland with 27 new self-powered electric multiple-unit […]
Paris and Strasbourg, connected in less than two hours
The official launch of LGV Est L’ Européenne phase 2 took place this July. The EUR 2 billion high speed […]
German debut for Link trains
Link railcars supplied by Polish manufacturer PESA and driven by MTU PowerPacks are now in operation on routes in Germany […]
Irish Rail tests longer freight trains
Irish Railways (Iarnród Éireann) operated a 440m-long container freight train between Dublin North Wall and Claremorris as part of trials […]