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STIF Approves Next Phase of Grand Paris Express

STIF Approves Next Phase of Grand Paris Express

STIF Board gives the go ahead for the creation of the first sections of lines 16 & 17 of the metro Ile-de-France as part of the Grand Paris Express project

Bombardier Wins Order to Supply 40 FLEXITY Trams to Sweden

Bombardier Wins Order to Supply 40 FLEXITY Trams to Sweden

Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation, has been awarded a contract for the supply of 40 low-floor FLEXITY trams to the city of Gothenburg..

MEPs Want to Give Free InterRail Passes to Young Europeans

MEPs Want to Give Free InterRail Passes to Young Europeans

Young Europeans are on track to receive a free InterRail pass on their 18th birthday in the future. MEPs discussed the proposal...

Russian Railways and Russian Post Agree to Develop Postal Transit Freight Between China – Russia – Europe

Russian Railways and Russian Post Agree to Develop Postal Transit...

Oleg Belozerov, President of Russian Railways, and Russian Post, have signed a Roadmap for Postal transit between China - Russia - Europe by rail

Eurotunnel: The Channel Tunnel goes fully digital with GSM-R

Eurotunnel: The Channel Tunnel goes fully digital with GSM-R

Eurotunnel has inaugurated the new Channel Tunnel track to train communications network, GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway)

EP20 Electric Locomotive has Won the RZD Rolling Stock Best Quality Competition

EP20 Electric Locomotive has Won the RZD Rolling Stock Best Quali...

Novocherkassk Locomotive Building Plant (NEV), belonging to Transmashholding, has taken the top spot in the RZD competition for its EP20 electric locomotive

MTR Achieves Record Punctuality on Stockholm Metro

MTR Achieves Record Punctuality on Stockholm Metro

Passengers on the Stockholm Metro operated by MTR have benefited from 25 consecutive months of record punctuality rates, a record improvement.

Train Versus Plane

Train Versus Plane

In early September, a team from SilverRail Technologies, went on a trip to Paris from London to compare the experience of taking the train versus flying.

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