Passenger rail industry news
Latest news from the passenger railway industry, including intercity, regional and commuter transport.
Europe: Reviving the overnight network
An array of revived and new overnight services is planned across western and central Europe. Murray Hughes provides an overview of the latest developments.
Welsh rolling stock strategy evolves as three-phase post-pandemic recovery envisaged
UK: TfW Rail has again revised its fleet strategy as it seeks to ensure passenger services can be improved despite the financial constraints caused by Covid-19, Managing Director Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde tells Rail Business UK.
Iarnród Éireann digitalises revenue protection
IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann has worked with technology companies Famoco and Theta to increase the level of digitalisation in its revenue protection process.
Northern Ontario passenger rail service to be studied
CANADA: The government of Ontario has allocated C$5m to support the development of plans to reintroduce passenger train services running north from Toronto to Timmins or Cochrane.
France: Report presages night train renaissance
A detailed report on the revival of domestic and international overnight passenger services on the French network indicates a potential market of 5∙7 million trips a year.
FlixTrain enters the overnight market
GERMANY: Open access operator FlixTrain is to launch an overnight service between Hamburg, Berlin and München on June 17. The company says many FlixBus passengers like to travel overnight, and that it has always believed there is ‘great potential’ for a night train service. ‘We would now like to gain ...
Contract for jaguar inspired Tren Maya fleet signed
Left bank of the Rhein operating contract awarded
Interim diesel contracts awarded pending switch to zero-emission operation
Amtrak raises concerns over CSX-Pan Am deal
Alstom starts assembling Perth EMUs
London King’s Cross station remodelling completed
Ex-Grand Central Mk IVs to operate Swansea – Manchester service
CAF Oaris EMUs enter service with Flytoget
Passenger organisations demand better TER services
Philippines: Commuter corridor leads rail revival
Moscow’s Vostochniy passenger hub opens in the east of the city
Rail journeys in Great Britain lowest since at least 1872
Arriva eyes night trains to Schiphol
CRRC Zhuzhou rolls out double-deck Westbahn EMU
Passenger information displays incorporate sign language interpretation
Autonomous railbus project approved
Pikes Peak Cog Railway reopens after $100m modernisation
Amtrak urges stronger regulation of freight railroad access as it sets out $75bn expansion plan