News about global railway electrification strategy, projects and contracts.
Satellites help provide high-level estimates to lower railway electrification costs
UK: Electrification technology specialist Furrer+Frey has developed the Lineform.AI tool which uses data from an array of datasets as well as Airbus satellites to produce options for electrification with high-level cost estimates as well as embodied carbon data.
Slovenian infrastructure manager orders maintenance vehicles
SLOVENIA: Rail infrastructure manager SŽ-Infrastruktura has awarded Tesmec Rail two contracts totalling €71m for the supply 21 maintenance vehicles.
Santiago suburban rail electrification, consultancy and supervision contracts awarded
CHILE: National railway group EFE Trenes de Chile has awarded more contracts for the rehabilitation of the Santiago – Melipilla and Santiago – Batuco lines to support a dense suburban rail operation.
Stations: Praha Smíchov rebuild blends legacy with modernity
Works to renew the station facilities, track and electrification at Praha Smíchov are now in full swing. Mojmír Nejezchleb, Deputy Director General for Infrastructure Modernisation at Správa Železnic, explains the new station alignment and the technical, safety and urban planning complexity of the project to Benjámin Zelki.
Bi-mode trainsets to relaunch through routes after a 40-year hiatus
POLAND: Delegations from the Ministry of Infrastructure and national operator PKP Intercity have visited Newag’s Nowy Sącz factory to see the production of the first of 35 electro-diesel long-distance trainsets.
Stations funded as Welsh rail prospectus sets out long-term aspirations
UK: The UK government has confirmed funding for seven new stations in Wales, including five so-called ’Burns stations’ on the South Wales main line proposed following cancellation of a major M4 motorway scheme.
Freight: More tracks to Gdańsk’s thriving port
Network Rail plans £450m Scottish electrification framework as Borders Railway works begin
Ireland: Next steps emerge in all-island rail vision
Aachen regional electrification gets underway
Investment: Belfast summit reflects all-island rail momentum
‘The future of rail in Bayern is electric’ says minister
EMUs ordered to boost Vechtdal Lines capacity and support electrification project
Much-delayed Class 810 fleet enters service on the Midland Main Line
Scottish government scales back electrification ambition to focus on fleet renewal
Australia: Melbourne’s Suburban Loop reaches lift-off
Midland Main Line electrification to the north ‘not affordable’
Colombian rail revival backed by development bank
Baltic States: Co-operation and competition drive network development
Direct Busan – Mokpo services start as Southern Coast corridor completed