Rail policy & legislation news
Latest news about railway industry policy, reform, restructuring, planning, law, legislation and regulation worldwide.
Air and rail policymakers seek action on travel multimodality
EUROPE: Rail and aviation policymakers have highlighted five urgent policy needs to support efforts to develop a multimodal approach to ticketing and journey planning.
Singapore public transport sector upskilling initiative launched
SINGAPORE: Metro operator SMRT Corp, the National Trades Union Congress and National Transport Workers’ Union have signed a memorandum of understanding to help contractors’ employees develop their skills in the public transport sector.
Freight sector calls for the same political attention as high speed rail
EUROPE: The European Rail Freight Association has called for greater political awareness of the sector, arguing that recent proposals to accelerate the development of a pan-European high speed rail network ‘barely mentioned’ freight.
RSSB updates cross-industry Train Protection Strategy
UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has updated its Train Protection Strategy, which is designed to help train operators and infrastructure managers understand and mitigate the risks of signals passed at danger and overspeeding.
Comment: Tensions around Swiss tunnel regulation reflect SERA challenge
Switzerland’s recent changes to its national wagon safety regulations following the 2023 Gotthard Base Tunnel derailment have sparked a debate over how far national interests should override pan-European interoperability ambitions, says our Executive Editor Nick Kingsley.
European Commission sets out ambitions to develop an EU high speed rail network
EUROPE: The European Commission has unveiled a plan to accelerate the development of high speed rail, saying the creation of a well-functioning and faster network by 2040 would support the goals of becoming carbon-neutral and strengthening Europe’s competitiveness.
Railways Bill to create Great British Railways and ‘open the door to reform’ laid before parliament
Rail sector stakeholders respond to the government’s Railways Bill
Swiss safety authority accused of ‘regulatory zigzag’ as it adjusts wagon rules further
Castex predicts ‘the mother of all battles’ to fund French rail infrastructure as he takes over at SNCF
Hungarian railway closes to create space for Chinese battery factory
Infrastructure: Embracing nature can enhance rail’s soft resilience
‘Unilateral’ Gotthard Base Tunnel safety changes still threaten European rail freight, trade bodies warn
Finland: Standard gauge rail links are on the agenda
Finnish rolling stock owning company transfer agreed
Comment: To merge or not to merge
$20bn of US rail investment paused in Trump crackdown on diversity policies
Combined transport association sets out what rail needs from EU regulatory changes
Rail suppliers call for EU public procurement rule change
Belgium: A 10-year learning journey in ETCS deployment
California secures $1bn annual funding for high speed programme
German transport minister announces ‘new start’ for Deutsche Bahn
Hungary: ETCS deployment makes slow progress
Greece restructures railway infrastructure manager to implement safety and efficiency improvements