Railway

SNCF and Airbus to trial satellite geolocation technology

SNCF hopes that satellite geolocation technology could help its research into autonomous train operation.

FlixTrain seeks to enter French passenger market

FRANCE: FlixMobility GmbH has lodged an application with rail regulator Arafer to launch five inter-city routes from…

SJ wins north Norway operating contract

NORWAY: The SJ Norge subsidiary of Sweden’s national passenger operator has been selected for the Lot ۲ Nord operating…

São Paulo airport EMU unveiled

BRAZIL: CRRC Qingdao Sifang has unveiled the first of eight eight-car Class ۲۵۰۰ electric multiple-units that it is…

۳ES۵S electric freight locomotive on test

RUSSIA: The first ۳ES۵S electric freight locomotive produced by Transmashholding’s Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive…

Borne backs early extension of Rhin-Rhône high speed line

FRANCE: Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne has agreed to ‘look again’ at the timescale for completing the second phase…

CDG Express delayed to ۲۰۲۶

FRANCE: The CDG Express project to provide a dedicated airport express between central Paris and…

SNCF reports strong high-speed growth

French National Railways (SNCF) says that traffic on its high-speed services grew by ۱۴% between January and April…

CoolRail to cut carbon footprint of fresh food

EUROPE: Food logistics company Euro Pool System has launched a thrice-weekly CoolRail dedicated temperature-controlled…

ADB’s largest ever rail loan to support Manila commuter project

PHILIPPINES: In what the organisation says is its ‘largest single infrastructure project financing’, the Asian…