THE ARGENTINIAN government has signed an agreement with the Spanish trade development organisation Expansión Exterior that will see 96 trainsets and 536 locos and coaches bought from Renfe and Feve over five years at a cost of 1·1bn pesos.
Transport Secretary Ricardo Jaime said the stock would be strengthen Buenos Aires suburban services and underpin the restoration of long-distance passenger services linking the capital with cities such as Tucum
EUROPE: The EU Agency for Railways has launched ERA Railway Factsheets, giving what it calls ‘a comprehensive overview of the rail sector across European countries with one-click access’. Covering aspects such as transport statistics, railway organisations, rolling stock, infrastructure, safety, market structure, and the legal framework, ...
UK: ‘We in the rail sector must be objective and honest about what we are good at’, Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines told a conference in Birmingham on October 3, as he reflected on how the industry can plot its way through the uncertainty of the post-Covid period.
EUROPE: Senior figures from across the UK rail sector came together at the Rail Partners with Ukraine event to hear how national railway Ukrzaliznytsia is keeping trains running under wartime conditions, and to raise money to fund food parcels for Ukrainian railway workers and their families. ...
