Romania: law on rail system integration in the EU rail area was promulgated
On 3 November, 2016, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis signed the decree on the promulgation of the Law on rail system […]
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100 trams for Bucharest
The authorities in Bucharest announced the intention to purchase new trams in order to modernise the rolling stock of the […]
Stockholm City Line to enter commercial service in 2017
Trafikverket, the Swedish infrastructure manager, announced on November 3 that the Stockholm City Line will open in July 2017, doubling […]
Alstom and Carbone 4 demonstrate tram’s low environmental impact vs. bus
Alstom and consultancy company Carbone 4 presented the results of a study demonstrating that tramways have a smaller footprint than […]
ScotRail to start second phase of free WiFi rollout
ScotRail confirmed that train services between Helensburgh and Edinburgh are next in line to receive free on-board WiFi. The work […]
Virgin Trains introduces the world’s first ticket relay
Virgin Trains has presented the world’s first ‘Never-Ending Ticket’, a special First Class ticket which will be continuously passed between […]
Artesyn obtains SIL4 certification
Artesyn Embedded Technologies received Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL4) certification for its ControlSafe Expansion Box Platform with ControlSafe Expansion Box […]
Netherlands: ICT Group to deliver MES for NS
Dutch railway company NS selected ICT Group to deliver a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) at NedTrain in Haarlem. NedTrain, a […]
Netherlands to run all trains on renewable energy
Dutch Railways (NS) has announced that starting with 2017 all electric trains running on the Netherlands railway network will power […]
UK: Renew acquires Giffen Holdings
UK infrastructure engineering company Renew announced the acquisition of Giffen Holdings Limited. The acquisition cost is £5m (€5.5m) for the […]