Policy: New entrants promise to reshape South African freight market
No fewer than 11 private freight train operators have been granted conditional access to the Transnet network under the government’s rail reform programme. Market opening offers hope that declining rail freight volumes can be reversed and infrastructure renovated. Benjámin Zelki investigates.
Rack trains ordered for ‘one of the most spectacular and famous railway lines in the world’
SWITZERLAND: Mountain railway operator Gornergrat Bahn has awarded Stadler a SFr30m contract to supply a further four Polaris electric multiple-units for the line from the resort of Zermatt to the Gornergrat summit.
RENFE pivots to French regional passenger markets amid Avril authorisation delays
FRANCE: Spanish national operator RENFE is reportedly seeking regional passenger operating contracts after allowing an agreement for high speed paths between Paris and Lyon to lapse.
Romanian Traxx Passenger electric loco delivered
ROMANIA: Alstom has delivered the first of 16 Traxx Passenger multi-system electric locomotives ordered by railway reform authority ARF.
VIA Rail awards C$150m long-distance sleeping car modernisation contract
CANADA: National passenger operator VIA Rail has awarded CAD Railway Industries a C$150m five-year contract to modernise its 56 Château and Manor class sleeping cars.
Great Western passengers feel the joys of spring
UK: Great Western Railway is testing the EcoSeat, which uses pocket spring technology more commonly found in mattresses.
Surplus coal wagons rebuilt for construction traffic
SEPTA buys commuter rail coaches from Montréal
Portland selects CAF USA to supply battery-equipped trams
Regulation: How an interventionist infrastructure manager spurred high speed rail demand in Spain
Loco unveiling reflects Medway’s emergence in evolving French freight market
RJ Corman to use Intramotev autonomous wagons
Lumo reveals first glimpse of refurbished Class 222 trains as West Coast base opens
Leo Express leases ex-DB coaches from RENFE
Investor to increase stake in Thameslink train fleet
CAF to supply 30 EMUs for Beograd suburban services
Turnkey contract to build Beograd’s first metro line confirmed
InterRegional Călători receives Coradia Stream EMUs
RENFE invites high speed train tenders
Seibu Railway to launch Vies fine dining train for ‘quality time shared with someone special’
Akiem places first order for main line electric-battery Vectron locomotives
Alcalá de Guadaíra receives first trams
Trenitalia increases high speed train order
Gauge-changing technology to speed up Ukraine’s cross-border rail freight