Europe rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Europe, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Warszawa metro Line M2 goes west
POLAND: Warszawa’s M2 metro line was extended by 3·4 km west from Rondo Daszyńskiego to Księcia Janusza on April 4. The opening was low-key owing to coronavirus travel restrictions, with regular operations starting at 04.45.
Short-notice spaghetti trains organised to get pasta across the Alps
EUROPE: DB Schenker has organised the transport of several hundred tonnes of pasta by rail from Italy to Germany, enabling 650 Aldi supermarkets to replenish supplies which had been depleted by customers stocking up during the coronavirus pandemic.
DART depot upgraded with bespoke safety system
IRELAND: Zonegreen has installed a bespoke warning system on three tracks used for servicing DART suburban EMUs at Iarnród Éireann’s Fairview depot in Dublin.
Russian Railways simplifies freight procedures to support social distancing
RUSSIA: A simplified procedure for remote interaction with freight customers has been established by Russian Railways to help prevent the spread of coronavirus infections.
Budapest cross-city upgrading gathers pace
HUNGARY: National development agency Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő has called tenders for the development of an interchange between main line and metro services at Népliget, as part of a major programme of capacity enhancements in the southern suburbs of Budapest.
Bodyshells ordered for Praha tram rebuild programme
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha transport operator DPP has awarded Pragoimex a contract to supply its VarCB3LF partly low-floor tram bodies to replace the life-expired and corroded bodies of the city’s Tatra Type T3R.P and T3R.PV trams.
Porto extensions win EU funding support
Croatian corridor upgrading contract awarded
Swiss Combi’s purchase of SBB Cargo stake approved
TMH delivers electric traction units to mine
Northern Lights tram delivered to Bremen
French freight alliance plans fightback
Data4PT multimodal transport data interoperability project launched
Flexitanks carry vegetable oil to China
Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region orders EMUs
Berlin studies U-Bahn extensions
Moscow Metro’s Line 15 completed
Record long-distance passenger traffic at DB in 2019, but freight falls back
Hessische Landesbahn orders Stage V compliant Alstom DMUs
Low-key opening for København metro Line M4
Paris metro simulators updated
Turnout monitoring pilot project
Moscow Metro disinfects tunnels
Öresundståg ETCS contract awarded