Passenger rail industry news
Latest news from the passenger railway industry, including intercity, regional and commuter transport.
Normandie’s inter-city EMUs enter service
FRANCE: The first of 40 Bombardier-built Omneo Premium electric multiple-units procured by SNCF on behalf of the Normandie region entered revenue service on the Paris – Caen – Cherbourg route on February 17.
Delhi – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit railway works in full swing
INDIA: The government of Uttar Pradesh has allocated Rs9bn for construction of the Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut regional express route in the state budget presented on February 18. This follows an allocation of Rs24·9bn in the national budget.
Kintetsu prepares to launch luxury Hinotori EMUs
JAPAN: Kinki Nippon Railway has started driver training with the first of 11 Series 80000 EMUs that it has ordered from sister company Kinki Sharyo to operate limited express services between Nagoya and Osaka-Namba.
DB Regio awarded next Euregiobahn contract
GERMANY: Regional transport authority NVR has awarded incumbent and sole bidder DB Regio a contract to continue to operate Euregiobahn passenger service RB20 for four years from December 12 2021.
Three Swedish passenger operating contracts awarded
SWEDEN: State operator SJ has been selected for a passenger train operating contract, while the Vy Tåg subsidiary of Norwegian state operator Vy has won two others.
Two bids to operate Helsinki commuter services
FINLAND: Greater Helsinki transport authority HSL has received two bids for a contract to operator commuter train services for 10 years from June 27 2021.
Ile-de-France seeks to open RER network to competition by 2030
DB unveils refurbished Kiss EMU
Talgo to supply coaches for DSB’s Hamburg service
Conversion of local railway into a busway to be studied
Eurostar confirms start date for Amsterdam – London through services
Rail and air associations to co-operate on ticketing
Merseyrail Class 777 arrives in Liverpool
New Zealand government announces investment in commuter capacity and freight
São Paulo state studies Sorocaba passenger concession
No immediate changes to follow Northern nationalisation
Cost, time, convenience and carbon emissions to be included in journey planner
Stagecoach Group joins new market entrants’ association ALLRAIL
Lying not flying, as Nightjet sleeper train reaches Brussels
Metrolink marks $32m modernisation of Van Nuys station
Farandou reshapes SNCF leadership team
Malmö – Köln suggested as first route for a network of night trains
Greater Anglia’s first Class 720 commuter EMU delivered for testing
Barcelona – Valencia trains accelerated as Vandellòs cut-off opens
