Ireland: unions against EU plan to tender rail services
Train unions representing employees of Ireland’s railway company Iarnród Éireann have said they will strongly oppose proposals put forward by […]
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Network Rail plans expansion of London Waterloo station
Network Rail intends to start work later this year on a multi-million pound expansion of London Waterloo station. A planning […]
Contargo offers new Basel – Rotterdam – Maasvlakte train shuttle
From 27 July, inland container operator Contargo has started a train shuttle Basel – Rotterdam – Maasvlakte as an alternative […]
Vossloh España to deliver 8 Eurolight locomotives for the UK and Italy
Vossloh España announced two new orders from operators in the United Kingdom and Italy for its Eurolight family locomotives. British […]
Turkey launched tests on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars
A test train has been launched on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway on the territory of Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
DB Arriva and DB Schenker Logistics to be privatized
Under the restructuring program, Deutsche Bahn plans to partially privatize DB Arriva and DB Schenker Logistics, “to boost strategic development […]
AT300 train aquisition and finance contract signed
Eversholt Rail and First Great Western signed a £361 million (EUR 514.6 million) contract to procure and finance 173 new […]
Utrecht railway project is EUR 100 million over budget
The redevelopment of Utrecht’s central station and railway network could be EUR 100 million over budget and will take almost […]
UK: Arup wins MetroWest Phase 1 design contract
Arup has been appointed by Network Rail to undertake the outline design for Phase 1 of the MetroWest project in […]