Latest Europe News
All the news on the European rail sector.
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Hitachi and Great Western Railway Unveil First Italian-Built Trains
New Intercity Express Trains manufactured in Italy for Great Western Railway’s (GWR) Devon and Cornwall route are to begin a rare journey ac…
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EU Investigating Restructuring Aid for Polish Regional Railways
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into restructuring aid for Polish Regional Railways. Under EU State aid rules c…
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Končar's Latest Trains to be Equipped with SKF Bogie Components
Croatian rolling stock producer, Končar KEV has finalised an agreement with SKF for the supply of bogie components for its latest low-floor …
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Baselland Transport Tests Collision Warning System for its Trams
The light rail collision warning system used combines a video camera and a radar sensor with a control unit. The radar sensor detects the sp…
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Congestion Monitoring and Project Performance for the Latest 48-Hour HackTrain Hackathon
120 software developers, data scientists, designers, policy makers and entrepreneurs from all over the world were invited to join HackTrain …
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Dutch Freight Line to Trial Automatic Train Operation
Alstom has signed an agreement with the Dutch infrastructure operator ProRail and Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) to perform Automatic Train Op…
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Stadler to Acquire Swedish Train Modernisation Business
Stadler is taking over the Knorr-Bremse subsidiary Swedtrac, which specialises in train modernisation. The acquisition of Swedtrac will enab…
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Stadler Secures Rolling Stock Contracts in Poland
Stadler has two reasons to celebrate: the company’s CEO, Peter Spuhler, recently signed two new contracts in Poland. The first...
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BLS to Purchase Latest-Generation Flirt Trains from Stadler
Swiss railway operator BLS is to purchase 52 latest-generation Flirt trains from Stadler. The Flirt will replace three older train models, e…
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Alstom to Supply New Low-Floor Trams to Bordeaux Metropole
Alstom is to supply 10 additional Citadis trams to Bordeaux Metropole for a total amount of nearly €30 million as part of the optional order…
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French Regions Order Additional Coradia Polyvalent Trains
Alstom is to supply 14 additional Coradia Polyvalent trains to the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est regions for an amount of approximat…
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CAF Set to Supply Additional Trams for Budapest
CAF is to supply a further 26 trams for Budapest, in a contract awarded by BKK (Budapesti Közlekedési Központ), the company responsible for …
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Škoda to Supply New Trains for the St Petersburg Metro
Škoda Transportation has been chosen to deliver seven six-car NěVa trains for the St Petersburg Metro in Russia. The contract is worth about…
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SNCF Mobilités Orders New Double-Deck Trains for Northern France
Bombardier Transportation announced that it received a repeat order for 32 OMNEO Premium double-deck trains from the French National Railway…
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Italian Freight Operator Mercitalia Rail Orders Bombardier Traxx Locomotives
Bombardier Transportation and Mercitalia Rail, a major freight rail operator in Italy, have signed a contract for 40 innovative Bombardier T…
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Nice Orders 6 Additional Catenary-Free Citadis Trams
Alstom is to supply 6 additional Citadis X05 trams and 22 ground-based static charging zones (SRS) to the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropole for a..…
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Deutsche Bahn's ICE 4 Begins Regular Service
Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) is introducing the ICE 4 into regular service, thus reaching a further project milestone right on schedule. Initially,…
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Luas Cross City Line Enters Passenger Service in Dublin
Construction started in June 2013 and has delivered 5.9km of track with 13 new Luas stops taking Luas through the city centre and north to B…
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Unguarded Level Crossings to be Abolished in the Netherlands
Dutch rail infrastructure manager, ProRail, has said that within a few years, there will be no more public unguarded level crossings in the …
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EIB to Provide €500m Loan to ÖBB for New Rolling Stock
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) with a €500 million loan to purchase new rolling stock. A fi…
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SBB's New Double-Deck Trains Receive Operating Permit
The TWINDEXX Swiss Express double-deck trains for SBB FV-Dosto have received their first operating permit for the Swiss network from the Fed…
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Bombardier Celebrates 25 Years of Rail Control Excellence in Bilbao
Bombardier was awarded its first order for the Spanish city in 1992 when it was contracted to deliver its Bombardier Cityflo 350 rail contro…
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Alstom to Equip Adif's Laboratory Trains With Latest ERTMS Technology
Alstom has been awarded a project by the Spanish railway infrastructure manager Adif to equip three laboratory trains with its latest ERTMS …