Europe – Page 40
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NewsEuropean rail sector responds to announcement of next Transport Commissioner
EUROPE: Apostolos Tzitzikostas of Greece has been named European Commissioner designate for Sustainable Transport & Tourism. A 46-year old member of the New Democracy party, Tzitzikostas was governor of the Central Macedonia region from 2014, President of the European Committee of the Regions in 2020-22 and ...
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NewsDSB selects Sqills’ S3 Passenger ticketing inventory system
DENMARK: National passenger operator DSB has selected the S3 Passenger platform from Siemens Mobility subsidiary Sqills to replace its legacy inventory management system covering all its main line services. The contract runs for 12 years, and can be extended by another 12 years. Features of S3 ...
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Metro Report InternationalKyiv Metro completes waterpoofing works
UKRAINE: Kyiv Metro restarted passenger services on the six-station Lybidska – Teremky section of Line M2 on September 12, following the completion of a nine-month project to address water and sand ingress. The work cost 383m hryvnia, 62m hryvnia less than had been estimated. It included ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Petersburg light rail vehicle unveiled
RUSSIA: The first vehicle for the future Kupchino – Shushary – Slavyanka fast light rail route in St Petersburg has been rolled out at PK TS’s Nevsky factory in the city. The line is being developed by the BaltNedvizhService joint venture of ABZ-1 and Gazprombank under ...
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NewsValle d’Aosta electric train unveiled
ITALY: The first of six Flirt electric multiple-units ordered as part of the electrification of the Aosta line has been unveiled at Stadler’s factory at Siedlce in Poland.
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Metro Report InternationalParcel delivery by tram and cargo bike on test in Strasbourg
FRANCE: The delivery of parcels to the city centre by tram and cargo bike being tested in Strasbourg. The project is being undertaken by La Poste, Alstom, local authority Eurométropole de Strasbourg and operator CTS. A member of postal staff accompanies around 100 parcels in the ...
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NewsGreen Cargo to focus on ‘more robust and reliable’ services on busiest routes
SWEDEN: Green Cargo is to adapt its operations to offer ‘more robust and reliable’ services in 2025, focusing on corridors where the state-owned freight operator already has high volumes of block train, wagonload or intermodal traffic. Shunting will take place at fewer locations, with this work ...
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NewsSanctions stop Chinese locomotive deliveries to Belarus
BELARUS: Chinese manufacturer CRRC Datong has decided not to deliver 15 BKG2 electric locos ordered by Belarus Railway. The decision is a result of sanctions imposed by the US and EU in response to the Belarusian government’s support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The BKG2 ...
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NewsEuropean Rail Freight Association sets out priorities
EUROPE: The European Rail Freight Association has issued a 2024-29 manifesto setting three out three broad policy objectives and four issues it believes must be addressed by during the current five-year EU legislative cycle. Its objectives are fixing infrastructure, achieving the Single European Railway Area and ...
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NewsCzech narrow gauge railways to get new operators
CZECH REPUBLIC: Passenger services have restarted on part of the narrow gauge network centred on Jindřichův Hradec following financial problems at operator JHMD. Meanwhile, an agreement has been reached for operation of the Osoblaha line to be transferred from national operator ČD to a group of ...
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NewsUkrainian supplier showcases EU-ready wagon designs at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Ukrainian rolling stock manufacturer Kryukovsky Railway Car Building Works is to showcase its product portfolio at the upcoming Berlin fair, with its Sggrss 80 ft articulated flat wagon at the heart of its display. The company’s stand in Hall 3.2 will showcase the design for ...
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NewsFirst bore of the Semmering Base Tunnel broken through
AUSTRIA: The first bore of the 27·3 km Semmering Base Tunnel was holed through on September 11. The tunnel is being built from five locations, with 14 simultaneous drives of which 12 have been completed. Construction started in 2014, and the second ...
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NewsPlasser & Theurer begins construction of €60m assembly and commissioning workshop
AUSTRIA: Plasser & Theurer held a ground-breaking ceremony for a €60m track machine final assembly and commissioning facility at its Pummererstrasse site in Linz on September 11. Production capacities that are currently separated will be brought closer together, with the integration of commissioning significantly increasing efficiency. ...
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NewsDeutsche Bahn to focus on rail as Schenker logistics business sale agreed
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s management board has signed a €14·3bn agreement to sell international logistics subsidiary DB Schenker to Danish transport and logistics group DSV. The sale forms part of DB’s ‘Strong Rail’ strategy to focus on its core activities, and does not include the DB Cargo ...
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Metro Report InternationalRATP Dev awarded Caen public transport operating contract
FRANCE: The Caen la Mer local authority has awarded RATP Dev a contract to operate its Twisto-branded public transport services for six years from January 1 2025. Currently operated by Keolis under a series of contracts which began in 2002, the Twisto network serves 275 000 ...
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NewsUkraine to order more South Korean trainsets
UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia is negotiating to buy a further 20 Hyundai Rotem electric trainsets for Intercity+ branded services. The planned order is valued at around US$450m, including five years of maintenance, It would be financed via a preferential loan from South Korea’s Economic Development Co-operation ...
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NewsCross-border complexity puts brakes on Nightjet expansion
EUROPE: Further expansion of Austrian Federal Railways’ Nightjet overnight train network beyond the routes already announced is on hold amid ongoing operational and approvals challenges, according to ÖBB.
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In depthInterview: FlixTrain eyes ‘enormous potential’ in Europe’s rail market
Open access operator FlixTrain is expanding operations in Germany and plans to enter other European markets if conditions are favourable. Murray Hughes asked FlixTrain Managing Director Matthias Müller about the company’s plans.
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NewsLeasing company opens a locomotive workshop of superlatives
GERMANY: Railpool Lokservice has opened ‘Europe’s most modern locomotive workshop’ at Hamburg Billbrook. ‘We wanted a workshop of superlatives and we built it’, said Managing Director Christoph Engel. ‘Right from the start, the aim of the construction project was to provide our customers with the best ...
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In depthFreight: TX Logistik targets European expansion
Having acquired German intermodal business Exploris Deutschland in July last year, theTX Logistik subsidiary of Italy’s FS Group is set firmly on an expansion course. Bernd Weisweiler, Director, Marketing & Business Development, answers our questions.