Stagecoach, Virgin and SNCF to bid for West Coast rail franchise
Stagecoach and Virgin will partner with French SNCF in their joint bid for the UK West Coast Partnership rail franchise, […]
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Europe’s rail operators setup a new rail association, ALLRAIL
The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) has established the Alliance of Rail New Entrants (ALLRAIL), a new rail association in […]
Tunisia-Algeria railway line to be operational starting May 2017
Yassine Djaballah, director general of the Algerian National Railway Company (SNTF), said that the Tunisian National Railways (SNCFT) has succeeded […]
Railway PRO Forum: Alstom Coradia Polyvalent trains – maximum comfort, low maintenance
The new-generation of Coradia Polyvalent trains, built by French company Alstom, are fully adaptable to peri-urban, regional and intercity railway […]
Romanian Competition Council to publish rail market report in 2017
“The Railway Supervision National Council” (CNSDF) will take action to ensure a normal competitive climate by analysing and adopting solutions […]
Ukrzaliznytsia forced to change diesel trains tender conditions
Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee has compelled Ukrzaliznytsia to amend the tender documents for the acquisition of six three-wagon passenger diesel train […]
Hungary approves IC+ carriages procurement
The Hungarian government has approved the plans of the passenger unit of railway company MÁV to procure IC+ carriages the […]
Railway PRO Forum: MÁV-Start to introduce high capacity suburban EMUs
The total length of MÁV suburban railway lines is 868 km, it transports 56,6 million passengers a year, it has […]
Railway PRO Forum: SETRIS’ End to end logistics work package is almost completed
“Within SETRIS (Strengthening European Transport Research and Innovation Strategies) project, two Work Packages are almost completed (WP1: Connecting Passengers for […]
Railway PRO Forum- CFR SA: “Railways need a competitive advantage to migrate to profit”
“Currently, in Romania, passenger rail transport is mainly represented by automotive vehicles, 82.2%, buses, 12.9% and only 4.9% by railways. […]