Railway

Rail Baltica passenger and freight service plan unveiled

EUROPE: Rail Baltica project promoter RB Rail has unveiled details of the proposed operational plan for the future ۱…

Marmaray suburban rail corridor across Istanbul opened

TURKEY: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan officially opened the ۷۷ km Marmaray suburban rail corridor across Istanbul on…

Siemens unveils Dual-Mode Vectron

GERMANY: The first of two prototype Vectron Dual-Mode locomotives was formally unveiled at the Siemens Mobility plant…

Etihad Rail awards Stage Two construction contract

UAE: National railway project promoter Etihad Rail announced on March ۱۱ that it had awarded the first construction…

EUROSTAR PREPARING FOR BREXIT AND WORRIED ABOUT BORDER CONTROLS

A few weeks before the United Kingdom&#۰۳۹;s exit from the European Union, concerns are now focused on the consequences for…

Maintenance vehicles delivered

POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has taken delivery of six maintenance vehicles which it purchased last year.

Railway fleet to receive ۷۷ passenger wagons

Head of Raja Rail Transportation Company said ۷۷ new passenger wagons are going to be added to the country’s railway…

African rail summit sets out digital future

AFRICA: The first UIC African Rail Digital Summit which was held in Cape Town on February ۲۵-۲۷ set out an agenda for…

Trains certified as ‘Guaranteed French Origin’

FRANCE: Certification of origin might be more closely associated with wine and cheese, but Bombardier Transportation…

EU to finance upgrading of Turkey’s European link

TURKEY: A €۲۷۵m grant to support the €۱bn modernisation of the ۲۳۳ km line from Istanbul to the Bulgarian border at…