Gemini announces cross-Channel passenger train ambitions
EUROPE: Gemini Trains becomes the latest company to set out plans to take on Eurostar on the cross-Channel route linking London with Paris and Brussels.
Freight operator orders 30 locos to modernise fleet
SLOVENIA: Freight operator SŽ Tovorni Promet has awarded Alstom a contract to supply 30 Traxx Universal multisystem electric locomotives for hauling heavy trains in central Europe.
Arriva plans Cleethorpes to London open access service
UK: Arriva has announced plans to launch an open access passenger service between Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Doncaster and London.
Israel: NofIt project learns from Karlsruhe
Work is under way on the NofIt interurban light rail line linking Haifa and Nazareth, which will run through complex terrain with gradients of up to 8%. Dan Shenbach, CEO of project promoter TransIsrael, discusses the state of progress with Benjámin Zelki.
World rail freight news round-up
News from the world rail freight market.
Private train operators’ advocacy body Rail Partners closes
UK: The Rail Partners association of train operators’ parent companies closed on March 21.
Oradea tram-train plan firms up
ROMANIA: Tenders worth €250m are scheduled to be called in the coming weeks covering work to build a 32 km tram-train network around Oradea. Feasibility studies for the project were approved by Bihor county council and Oradea municipality in November 2023.
County Line Rail acquires Sabine River & Northern Railroad
Rocky Mountaineer’s US operation to become Canyon Spirit
Momentum builds behind Gdańsk suburban rail expansion
Railway supply industry news round-up
Regulator makes recommendations for assessing costs and benefits of health and safety interventions
