Europe rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Europe, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
ADIF awards €6m Spanish FRMCS pilot scheme contract
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded Sistemas & Montajes Industriales a €6m contract to support pilot testing of the Future Railway Mobile Communication System on a metre-gauge line.
Pesa to supply more Elfs to Koleje Dolnośląskie
POLAND: Koleje Dolnośląskie has exercised an option for Pesa Bydgoszcz to supply 10 more five-car Elf EMUs.
Nokia and ProRail agree GSM-R cloud investment plan ahead of FRMCS adoption
NETHERLANDS: ProRail has awarded enterprise telecoms specialist Nokia a contract to migrate its existing 2G telecoms assets to a cloud environment as part of preparations for the roll-out of FRMCS in the next decade.
Graz-Köflacher Bahn launches electric trains to Wies-Eibiswald
AUSTRIA: Graz-Köflacher Bahn has begun electric operation of S-Bahn Steiermark service S6 from Graz Hbf via Hengsberg and Wettmannstätten to Wies-Eibiswald.
Alstom wins contract to renew pioneering automated metro line
FRANCE: As part of an ongoing renewal of the city’s metro network, Lyon’s Line D is to be resignalled and re-equipped under a €300m agreement announced by Alstom.
Battery-electric trains to offer emissions-free operation over Germany’s highest railway bridge
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has unveiled the Mireo Smart Plus B battery-electric multiple-units which will enable locally emission-free operation on Regiobahn’s service RE47 from Remscheid-Lennep to Solingen and Düsseldorf.
Kamianske orders Tatra-Yug trams
Swedish leasing company orders more double-deck EMUs
Turkey secures US$2·8bn of financing for rail link to Naxçıvan
Valladolid-Campo Grande station to be remodelled
Spain: International links are key to freight revival
First TBB tram for Brest’s Line B project unveiled
First rail made with hydrogen-reduced steel laid in Austria
Arriva to operate two reopened lines on Polish region’s ‘flourishing’ rail network
Design: Creating more than just a night train
Battery-equipped trams with local styling ordered for TramCamp line
EU transport chief outlines rail funding and ERA reform plans
Ukrzaliznytsia orders 100 coaches including pilot next-generation vehicles
Goldschmidt to modernise and expand road-rail vehicle production site
Köln places large order for tailor-made high-floor trams
Study sets out rail’s role in net zero logistics chains
Bratislava tram extension to Petržalka opens
Pesa delivers modernised coaches to PKP Intercity
Comsa awarded €41m Madrid depot construction contract
