Passenger rail industry news
Latest news from the passenger railway industry, including intercity, regional and commuter transport.
Arenaways prepares to launch regional services in January
ITALY: After a 13 year pause Arenaways is returning to the market in less than 100 days with the operation of two lines in the Piemonte region under PSO contracts.
Cairo operator trials sign language services
EGYPT: Operator RATP Dev is trialling sign language services on the Capital Train line which connects Cairo with the New Administrative Capital.
Proxima orders high speed trains for French open access services
FRANCE: High speed rail start-up Proxima has signed a €850m firm order for Alstom to supply 12 Avelia Horizon double-deck high-speed trains for its planned open access services between Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Angers and Paris.
Hydrogen inter-city trainset designed to replace diesels on non-electrified lines
INNOTRANS: China’s CRRC has unveiled its prototype Cinova H2 New Energy Intelligent Intercity Train, a hydrogen fuel cell powered trainset which it believes could replace diesel trains on non-electrified railways worldwide.
Rail competition works, says European Commission report
EUROPE: ‘Competition in railways seems to trigger an increase in ridership and brings about significant benefits to society’, according to the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility & Transport.
Port Adelaide’s Port Dock station reopens after 43 years
AUSTRALIA: Port Dock station on a spur from the Outer Harbor line in central Port Adelaide has reopened after 43 years.
Paris – Berlin direct train to launch in December
Production of Chilean DMUs underway in Brazil
No plans for a British rail ‘climate ticket’
DSB selects Sqills’ S3 Passenger ticketing inventory system
Hangzhou – Wenzhou high speed line bypasses bottlenecks
Arriva proposes five changes ‘to fix Britain’s railways’
Turkey plans new rail connections to serve industrial areas
Czech narrow gauge railways to get new operators
Hitachi to develop multimodal journey planning and booking system for Wales
Ukraine to order more South Korean trainsets
Cross-border complexity puts brakes on Nightjet expansion
Grand Est cross-border fleet poised to enter service
Incoming Mexican President commits to passenger rail revival
El Insurgente passenger trains reach Mexico City
App trial to help blind and low vision passengers navigate Boston stations
Comment: Contrasting approaches to fixing things
Gotthard Base Tunnel fully reopens after derailment damage is repaired
Rhein-Ruhr fares reform to cut through the ‘tariff jungle’