Tags: Rail News

Reminder: Network Rail engineers prepare for £90m investment over Easter bank holiday to improve journeys for passengers across the country

Over 95% of Britain’s 10,000 miles of railway will be open for business this Easter – with some exceptions – as Network Rail engineers gear up for a £90m programme of work over the long weekend aimed at improving the railway for passengers and freight businesses. There’s never a good time to carry out these […]

Stadler and GYSEV signed agreement for the delivery of next generation intercity EMUs

Stadler have signed a contract with GYSEV Zrt. for the supply of 9+4 intercity EMUs. The operator railway company plans to put the vehicles into service on the Sopron-Budapest and Szombathely-Budapest routes from 2027. The new multisystem trains will have a license to operate not only in Hungary, but also in Austria. The aluminum bodyshells […]

Siemens Mobility awarded further service contract from Canadian operator Metrolinx

Siemens Mobility has been chosen by Metrolinx, the regional public transit operator for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, to handle their track, signal, and right-of-way maintenance for the Central Region of Toronto’s passenger railway infrastructure system. This partnership builds upon Siemens Mobility’s existing maintenance services in the West Region and signal and communications services […]

Deutsche Bahn invests a record EUR 7.6 bn in Strong Rail in Germany in 2023

Deutsche Bahn AG Management Board at the 2024 Annual Press Conference Operating loss as expected: adjusted EBIT of EUR -964 million Upfront maintenance expenses of EUR 1 billion for infrastructure overhaul Continued increase in demand for passenger service Positive EBIT of over EUR 1 billion planned for 2024 DB Group (DB) invested more than ever […]

Stadler’s hydrogen-powered train FLIRT H2 achieves a new Guinness World Records title

Stadler is proud to announce that the FLIRT H2 has been entered into the Guinness World Records database for the longest distance of 1,741.7 miles (2,803 kilometers) achieved by a pilot hydrogen fuel cell electric multiple unit passenger train without refueling or recharging. This achievement underlines Stadler’s innovative strength and technological leadership in the field […]

ÖBB puts first new-generation Railjet from Siemens Mobility into service and orders 19 more trains

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) inaugurated service today for the first Railjet of the new generation from Siemens Mobility. The new train, featuring numerous innovations, will initially operate on the Vienna-Feldkirch route. Excluding the locomotive, the nine-car train is around 240 meters long and offers 532 seats. It has two first-class cars with business class sections, […]

Traxx Universal: Alstom’s locomotive for Europe goes from strength to strength

Alstom’s Traxx™ locomotives for Europe are trending. In 2023, the company signed several major contracts for its third-generation locos, followed by an order in January 2024 from ARF, Romania, with 20 years of associated maintenance services. And there’s more in the pipeline. What’s behind the success? We had a quick chat with Adrian Kurz, Market […]

Final breakthrough for HS2’s longest tunnel

The second giant boring machine (TBM) building HS2 under the Chiltern Hills broke through at the tunnel’s northern portal early evening yesterday, completing a journey that began in June 2021. Named Cecilia, the TBM has driven for 10 miles underground to join twin sister machine – Florence. She arrived at the site near the Buckinghamshire […]

Network Rail engineers prepare for £90m investment over Easter bank holiday

More than 95% of Britain’s 10,000 miles of railway will be open for business this Easter – with some exceptions – as Network Rail engineers gear up for a £90m programme of work over the long weekend aimed at improving the railway for passengers and freight businesses. There’s never a good time to carry out […]

VINCI wins a new railway contract in France

Renewal of 800 km of track in the French railway network A 7-year contract including two years of optional works A contract worth around €700 million As part of the programme to transform and upgrade its French railway network, SNCF Réseau has awarded to VINCI Construction – through its subsidiary ETF – work package 4 […]