Europe rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Europe, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.Regauged inter-urban tram line reopens
CZECH REPUBLIC: Revenue services on the full length of inter-urban tram Route 11 between Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou have restarted following a two-year rebuilding which included conversion from metre to 1 435 mm gauge.
Finnish ETCS contract awarded
FINLAND: Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract to deploy ETCS Level 2 and hybrid train detection on the first route which to be upgraded under the government’s Digirail project to replace legacy train control systems.
Serbia begins 200 km/h testing on upgraded line
SERBIA: DB Systemtechnik’s Siemens Vectron locomotive 193 969 is being used for 200 km/h test running on the Novi Sad – Vrbas southern section of the 108 km corridor between Novi Sad, Subotica and the Hungarian border at Kelebia, which is being rebuilt to modern standards.
Dortmund H-Bahn looks to the future
GERMANY: Planning is underway for an expansion of the H-Bahn suspended monorail in Dortmund, and the procurement of a new fleet of vehicles and control system.
Le Mans transport network changes planned
FRANCE: Keolis is support the development of plans to restructure the public transport network in Le Mans.
Chinese trainsets arrive in Europe
EUROPE: Subsidiaries of Chinese rolling stock group CRRC delivered passenger trainsets to two operators in southeast Europe during April.
Irish national transport ticketing contract awarded
SNCF and RATP to sell majority stake in Systra
SNCF unveils TGV-M livery
Regional governments keen to keep Deutschland-Ticket
Cross-border train services stepped up
Construction starts on Sevilla metro Line 3
ÖBB orders electric multiple-units for eastern Austria
Stockholm metro traffic management systems to be renewed
Torino driverless metro train production underway
Bogie maintenance contract
Rack railway tests collision warning system
Pomorskie orders more Impuls2 EMUs with EU funding
Abellio Deutschland sold to BeNEX
Siemens to upgrade København S-bane for driverless operation
Next-generation Railjets enter service to link three countries
‘Price dumping’ row mars Ouigo’s latest expansion
Electrification of two Dutch regional railways funded
Stadler’s Spanish suburban EMUs on test