Design contract awarded for Rail Baltica train depot in Estonia
RB Rail awarded the consortium of Reaalprojekt and Nord Projekt the design contract for the largest Rail Baltica depot in […]
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EIB funds EMU procurement for Munich S-Bahn
The European Investment Bank has approved a EUR 800 million financial support for S-Bahn Munich train procurement. The project has […]
Successful tests for autonomous train operation in France
A consortium, consisting of Alstom, Altran, Apsys, Hitachi Rail, Railenium and SNCF successfully operated an autonomous train in GOA2 under […]
Council presidency and EP reach agreement for Recovery and Resilience Facility
The German presidency of the EU Council and the European Parliament’s negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on the Recovery […]
HS2 is searching for switches and crossing supplier
HS2 Ltd launched the searching process to select the supplier to provide switches and crossings for the 280 km of […]
Agreement signed to develop GWR battery hybrid train
Hitachi Rail and Eversholt Rail signed an exclusive agreement for the development of an intercity battery hybrid train for Great […]
Only low-floor trams to operate in Moscow by 2023
Moscow authorities intend to replace the exiting tram fleet with low-floor trams by 2023. Currently there are 800 trams in […]
Council adopts the European Year of Rail 2021
The European Council adopted the decision on the 2021 European Year of Rail which will be marked by a range […]
Bombardier completes the first Zefiro EMU for Västtrafik
Bombardier Transportation has completed the first Zefiro Express train for Västtrafik Swedish public transport operator. Västtrafik has approved the build […]
Route selected for Prague airport rail connection
The Czech railway infrastructure manager, SZ, is progressing with the Prague air-rail link project from the capital’s station to Kladno […]