Latest Europe News
All the news on the European rail sector.
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Slovenia: EU Funding for Upgrade of Divača-Koper Railway Line
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), has signed an agreement within the Connecting European Facility (CEF) Transport framewo…
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Channel Tunnel: New Cooling System Reduces Energy Consumption by 33%
Eurotunnel releases data which demonstrates that its new cooling system has reduced energy consumption in the Channel Tunnel by 33% in its f…
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Italy: Bombardier Rolls Out New TRAXX DC3 Locomotive to Industry
Bombardier has presented its new TRAXX DC3 locomotive to transport operators at its Vado Ligure site in Italy. The locomotive, which feature…
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United Wagon Company to Supply 50 Tank Cars to Russian Copper Company
Karabashmed, a copper smelting company in the Russian Federation, has commissioned the United Wagon Company to produce 50 model 15-9545 tank…
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Traction Inverters to be made in Russia say Hitachi and Transmashholding
Hitachi and JSC Transmashholding have signed an agreement to produce high performance traction inverters within the Russian Federation.The j…
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Big Change is Coming Down the Line – the General Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents a seismic shift in the way businesses will be allowed to process data. Any railway …
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Škoda Becomes Sole Shareholder of Finnish Rolling Stock Manufacturer Transtech
Škoda Transportation Group has signed an agreement with Sinituote Oy to buy the company's 25% shares in Transtech, the Finnish rolling stock…
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UK – Stadler to Fit Teleste System on new Metro Trains in Liverpool
Stadler has selected the end-to-end on-board system designed by Teleste for installation on 52 new trains which it is building for Merseyrai…
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Bombardier Unveils New FLEXITY Tram Design for Zurich
Bombardier and VBZ unveil their 1:1 FLEXITY tram model, made exclusively for the city of Zurich, to journalists and special guests. The FLEX…
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Bombardier TRAXX Locomotives Enter RegioJet Service in the Czech Republic
The first TRAXX locomotive purchased by RegioJet has entered service in the Czech Republic on the line between Prague, Ostrava and Návsí. A …
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Siemens to Install ETCS on Railway Line in Hungary
The National Infrastructure Developing Private Company Ltd has commissioned Siemens to upgrade the line between Százhalombatta and Pusztasza…
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Shift2Rail Presents Ideas at the Transport Research Arena and Ten-T Days
In April representatives from Shift2Rail presented their projects at two major international conferences on the future of rail in Europe: th…
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MTR Appoints John Robinson as Head of Property for European Business
MTR has appointed John Robinson as Head of Property for European Business. The appointment is a strategic decision to expand its rail+proper…
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PERES: Promoting European Rail Excellence outSide EU
In this article Lucy Prior, Membership Development and International Trade Director of the Rail Alliance, the largest specialist business-to…
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Alstom France: 32 Citadis Dualis Tram-Trains Ordered by Île-de-France Mobilités and SNCF Transilien
Île-de-France Mobilités and SNCF Transilien have ordered 32 more Citadis Dualis Tram-Trains from Alstom France for delivery by 2022.
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Shift2Rail: Nominations Open for Rail Research and Innovation Awards
Shift2Rail has announced the creation of awards to celebrate the achievements of teams working to implements its Research and Innovation Pro…
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Rail Baltica: Atkins Wins Contract for 2018 Infrastructure Management Study
Atkins has signed a contract with RB Rail Baltica AS for the completion of an Infrastructural Management Study on the Rail Baltica Global Pr…
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Stadler to Design and Build 26 Multiple Units for Slovenian Rail Operator
Stadler is designing and building 26 multiple units (single and double-deck) for the Slovenian state rail operator Slovenske Železnice. The …
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Michael Odenwald Elected New Chairman of DB Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG today unanimously elected Michael Odenwald to serve as its new chairman. He succeeds Professor Utz…
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Siemens to Supply 10 Velaro High-Speed Trains to Turkish State Railways
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has signed a contract for ten Velaro high-speed trains with Siemens, which submitted the most favourable bid i…
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Norway's Rail Network Goes Digital With Siemens ETCS Technology
Bane NOR, the state-owned agency responsible for the Norwegian national railway infrastructure, has contracted Siemens to upgrade the signal…
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Bombardier to Provide High-Speed Regional Trains to Västtrafik in Sweden
Bombardier Transportation announced that it has signed a contract with Västtrafik to supply 40 high-speed regional trains to cater for growi…
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Alstom to Supply Futuristic Catenary-Free Power Supply System for Istanbul
Alstom will supply a full APS ground-level power-supply solution for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The solution will be installed …