MTR Corporation Takes Over Stockholm Commuter Rail

MTR Corporation, the holder of the London Crossrail concession, is taking over another major European commuter rail service, the Stockholm P…

The Fourth Railway Package: Next stop, better rail services!

Ever had a stressful train trip across EU borders? The Fourth Railway Package is new legislation passed by the European Parliament, intended…

Alstom to Supply 20 Extra MP14 Trains to Line 4 of the Paris Metro

Alstom is to supply 20 MP14 trains consisting of 6 cars each to the STIF and the RATP for an amount of €163 million as part of the automatio…

Delivery of 30 Coradia Regional Trains to Sweden Begins

Alstom has started the delivery of the 30 additional Coradia regional trains ordered by Skånetrafiken at the beginning of 2015. As per the c…

Bombardier to Supply 52 Additional Commuter Trains to STIF and SNCF

Alstom Obtains Certification for its Concrete Slab Track Solution

Alstom has received recognition from the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA), the German Railway Federal Authority, for NBT, its concrete slab track s…

French Government and Alstom Present the Progress of Belfort Site

The Government and CEO of Alstom, presented the progress of the commitments made by the Government and Alstom for the activities at the Belf…

Renfe Selects Talgo for High-Speed Trains Contract

Spanish railways operator Renfe has awarded Talgo a contract for the supply of 15 very high-speed trains with a maximum commercial speed of …

German Railway Industry Demands Policies for More Rail Transport

The eight associations of the German railway industry recently presented three common political demands for the Bundestag election and for t…

SNCF Orders 40 Premium Double Deck EMUs for Normandy Region

Bombardier Transportation today announced it has received an option order for 40 OMNEO Premium double deck EMUs from SNCF on behalf of the N…

Germany to Ban Noisy Freight Train Wagons from 2020

The German Pro-Rail Alliance welcomes a draft legislation put forward by German transport minister banning noisy freight train wagons by the…

ERTMS: We've all heard of it, but how does it work?

ERTMS: This tried and tested system will replace traditional railway signals with a computer display inside every train cab, reducing the co…

French City of Caen Orders 23 Citadis X05 Trams from Alstom

33 metres long, equipped with 6 double doors on each side, the Citadis X05 of Caen la Mer will be able to transport over 210 passengers.

Citybanan in Stockholm to open in July 2017

On July 10 2017, the Citybanan cross-city tunnel under Stockholm will open for revenue. Construction of two new commuter rail stations and t…

SNCF Presents Stylish New TGV Oceane

SNCF CEO, Guillaume Pepy, recently presented the new interior design for the TGV Oceane. The unveiling took place at Paris' Montparnasse-Vau…

New Moscow - Berlin Strizh Train to Make First Run

On 17 December 2016, the new international Strizh train, number 13/14 Moscow - Berlin will depart on its first run from Moscow’s Kursk Stati…

Alstom to Supply New Generation of Metros to Lyon

Alstom is to design and supply the new generation of metros for Lyon Metro. The binding part of the order includes the delivery of 30 metros…

Bombardier Joint Venture Starts Work on Rail Control Project in Serbia

Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has started work on its first rail control project in Serbia, phase one of the upgrade to t…

PKP CARGO Receives First Modernised ET41 Locomotive

The first modernised ET41 Locomotive in the history of this series was put into operation at the Rolling Stock Repair Workshops of PKP CARGO

SBB Renews On-Board Electronics for Future Mobility

To remain on the cutting edge of technology, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) will replace the on-board electronics of 261 regional trains in th…

Groupe Eurotunnel Launches Sale of GB Railfreight

Eurotunnel Group announced that it has received a binding and irrevocable offer from EQT Infrastructure II, for the potential acquisition of…

Alstom Delivers Coradia Polyvalent Regional Train to Romania

Alstom presented its Coradia Polyvalent regional train in the Northern Railway Station of Bucharest, on the occasion of the Railway Pro Inve…