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NewsFrench regional authority creates rolling stock company
FRANCE: Faced with a shortage of rolling stock ahead of the tending of contracts to operate TER regional passenger services, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région has opted to create a locally owned company. The company approved in October is to be owned by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région (80%) and ...
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In depthInterview: Putting ERA at the heart of Europe’s railway ecosystem
Due to step down at the end of December, with the end of his second mandate as Executive Director of the EU Agency for Railways, Josef Doppelbauer explains to Chris Jackson what the agency has achieved over the past decade.
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Metro Report InternationalVoters reject Salzburg S-Link rail project
AUSTRIA: Voters in the Salzburg area have rejected a proposal to build a 15 km partly underground light rail line, which will not now go ahead. The S-Link would have run from Salzburg’s main station to the city centre, and then on to the suburb of ...
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Metro Report InternationalLow key opening for Barcelona tramway extension
SPAIN: An extension of Barcelona’s Trambesòs light rail network along Avenida Diagonal between the Plaça de les Glòres and Verdaguer opened without ceremony on November 10. The planned celebrations have been postponed as a mark of solidarity with people affected by the severe flooding in València. ...
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Metro Report InternationalMadrid metro Line 1 train order approved
SPAIN: On November 6 the Comunidad de Madrid authorised Metro de Madrid to award CAF a €498·2m contract to supply 40 trainsets for Line 1 and provide 10 years of maintenance. The six-car sets with wide gangways are expected to enter service during the first half of 2027, replacing Class ...
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In depthInterview: Ukrainian Railways looks for more international partnerships
Ukrainian national railway Ukrzaliznytsia is looking for international help to boost rail freight traffic, and for assistance in funding major projects including 1435 mm gauge lines, as Board Member Yevhen Liashchenko* explains to Benjámin Zelki.
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NewsDouble-deck Cityjet EMU to increase capacity in eastern Austria
AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways unveiled the first Stadler Kiss double-deck electric multiple-unit for Cityjet-branded local and regional services in a ceremony at St Pölten on November 6 The 160 km/h EMU which had previously been on show at InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin has 591 seats and ...
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NewsBarcelona airport train design revealed
SPAIN: Alstom has unveiled the design of the Coradia Stream electric multiple-units it is to supply for use on services from central Barcelona to El Prat Airport from 2026. In September 2022 Catalunya operator FGC awarded Alstom a €107m contract to supply 10 five-car 120 km ...
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NewsDB stops ICE5 high speed train procurement
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has stopped its planned procurement of the fifth generation of InterCity Express high speed trainsets. On November 8 the operator told Railway Gazette International it had not received any offers meeting the tender requirements within the specified deadline. A DB spokesperson said ‘we are ...
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Metro Report InternationalKarlsruhe light rail extension plan dropped
GERMANY: The Karlsruhe district authority has dropped plans to extend Stadtbahn Line S2 from Stutensee-Spöck via Bruchsal and Hambrücken to Waghäusel. Preliminary studies forecast ridership of around 3 000 additional passengers per day, which did not justify the estimated cost of more than €575m and the ...
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NewsProtests and resignation follow fatal collapse of station canopy
SERBIA: Minister of Construction, Transportation & Infrastructure Goran Vesić resigned on November 5 in the wake of street protests which followed the fatal collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad station. The 35 m concrete canopy on the outer façade of the building collapsed at around ...
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NewsVR wins Öresundståg operating contract
SWEDEN: The VR Sverige subsidiary of Finland’s national operator has won the next contract to operate Öresundståg services from Göteborg, Kalmar and Karlskrona to Malmö and across the Øresund Bridge to Denmark. The tender was called by Öresundståg AB, which is jointly owned by the ...
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NewsDublin commuter rail enhancement design contract awarded
IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann has awarded AtkinsRéalis a contract to provide design services for the DART+ West and South West projects, which are part of the DART+ programme to expand the Dublin Area Rapid Transit network of electrified commuter rail services. The Phase 5a contracts involve reviewing previous ...
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NewsHexafret and Technis to replace French national freight operator Fret SNCF
FRANCE: Two new companies are to take over the operations and maintenance activities of the national railway’s freight business Fret SNCF on January 1 2025. Transport Minister François Durovray has confirmed plans to break up Fret SNCF which were announced by his predecessor Clément Beaune in ...
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Metro Report InternationalWarszawa opens its longest tramway extension since the 1950s
POLAND: A 6·5 km extension of the Warszawa tram network from Spacerowa to Miasteczko Wilanów opened on October 29, with the city saying it is longest new section of tramway added in the capital since the 1950s. The extension is served by routes 14 and 16, ...
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NewsRolling stock engineering business sees opportunities in French rail market opening
FRANCE: The liberalisation of the rail market offers new opportunities for SNCF Voyageurs’ rolling stock maintenance and engineering subsidiary Masteris, according to its CEO Remi Peltier, who told Railway Gazette International that ’we want to be present for these opportunities’. SNCF established Masteris in 2009 to ...
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NewsLTG Link unveils appearance of Flirt multiple-units
LITHUANIA: National passenger operator LTG Link has unveiled the future appearance of the Flirt multiple-units to be supplied by Stadler, saying they are intended to be bright, bold and recognisable. The contract awarded in June 2023 covers nine electric multiple-units for inter-city services, plus six battery-electric ...
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In depthInterview: ČD sees fleet renewal opportunity despite ‘tedious’ approval task
Michal Krapinec, Chairman & Director General of Czech national operator České Dráhy, unveils his strategy for developing domestic and international passenger services to Toma Bačić.
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NewsFirmer plans for Finnish rolling stock company
FINLAND: Plans are firming up for the creation of a rolling stock owning company which is intended to facilitate competition by making it easier for companies to enter the Finnish rail operating market. VR Group is co-operating with the project to create the rolling stock company, ...
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NewsNATO visit looks at Rail Baltica’s role in military mobility and regional security
LITHUANIA: The NATO Force Integration Unit has visited a Rail Baltica construction site to discuss how the civilian project will also significantly enhance the alliance’s ability to deploy reinforcements in the region.