Europe rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Europe, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.Eurostar plans to acquire 50 ‘fully interoperable’ trains
EUROPE: International high speed train operator Eurostar says it is ‘preparing to invest’ in up to 50 high speed trainsets, which would be fully interoperable ’across five countries and beyond’.
Oxygène next-generation French inter-city train unveiled
FRANCE: National passenger operator SNCF Voyageurs and manufacturer CAF have unveiled the first of the Z26700 Oxygène inter-city trainsets which will replace Corail locomotive-hauled coaches on 200 km/h inter-city serves on conventional lines.
Xi Jinping and Orbán agree to develop Hungarian rail projects
HUNGARY: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have reached an agreement to start ‘preparation works’ for the development of a rail freight bypass around Budapest and a rail-based link to the capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport.
Capacity to be increased on Siberian main lines
RUSSIA: The government has given the go-ahead for the third stage of work to increase capacity on the Baikal – Amur and Trans-Siberian main lines.
Toscana trams and buses go contactless
ITALY: Kuba has rolled out an open-loop fare payment system covering the Firenze tramway and bus services in Toscana, saying it is the largest deployment of its kind in Europe covering 273 cities and towns.
RegioJet orders Škoda EMUs
CZECH REPUBLIC: RegioJet has awarded Škoda Group a KC3·5bn contract to supply 23 customised 160 km/h electric multiple-units.
First Fehmarn Belt immersed tunnel element cast
DB Regio orders EMUs with ski holders
Improvements to railway serving car-free village near completion
Fare Collection: Data sharing is key to a complex ticketing landscape
Asian tourists expected to benefit as Roma expands contactless fare payment options
Comment: Rail policymakers' eyes on June's European elections
Spain – Morocco tunnel investigations underway
București metro extension bids invited
Klaipėda – Kyiv rail freight plan
Ivolga 4·0 EMU enters service
Oslo orders CAF metro trains
Škoda battery multiple-unit on test
Paris RER Line E reaches Nanterre
Murcia del Carmen station fit-out contract awarded
First battery-electric train for Dublin’s DART+ network unveiled
Concrete sleeper business bought
Regauged inter-urban tram line reopens
Finnish ETCS contract awarded