Portugal electrifies the Algarve line
Infraestruturas de Portugal will electrify the Algarve line in the Tunes-Lagos and Faro-Vila Real de Santo António sections, within the […]
January 2017
Brightline begins dynamic tests on its first trainset
Brightline, Florida, announced that its first trainset, BrightBlue, has begun initial testing on its 14.5 km test track. The test […]
Lyon-Turin bill adopted by the French Senate
On January 26, the French Senate definitively adopted the bill, approved by the National Assembly after the accelerated procedure, authorizing […]
Swiss Railways to develop prototype rail freight car
The freight division of the Swiss Railways, SBB Cargo, works on the prototype car of the future, less noisier, lighter […]
HZ Infrastruktura launches EUR 40 million tender
Croatian infrastructure manager, HZ Infrastruktura, launched a tender for the purchase of new rail track maintenance equipment and installation of […]
Transmashholding records benefits of Production System deployment
Transmashholding (TMH) has estimated the effect of Production System (TPSys) deployment in 2016 and reached the conclusion that the measure […]
Rail Baltica project might include extra stops in Estonia
Creating additional stops on the Estonian part of the route of the Rail Baltica railway is under analysis at the […]
Italy: FS backs down on high-speed tariffs increase
Following opposition to the tariffs increase, Italian state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) halved the price hike for high-speed […]
Djuro Djakovic sells more rolling stock in France
Croatian company Djuro Djakovic announced that its special vehicles manufacturing unit, Djuro Djakovic Specijalna Vozila, has signed a 17 million […]
Railsponsible joins UNEP Sustainable Public Procurement Program
Railsponsible, a non-profit business organisation formed by seven rail companies: Alstom, Bombardier Transportation, SNCF, Deutsche Bahn, Knorr Bremse, Nederlandse Spoorwegen […]