All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 3
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NewsPresident inaugurates Algeria’s heavy haul Western Mining Railway
ALGERIA: The 950 km Western Mining Railway formally opened on February 1, facilitating rail shipments of iron ore over a distance of 1 400 km to a steel plant in Oran.
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NewsICE4 remote control project aims to make train depot movements more efficient
GERMANY: The remotely controlled operation of an ICE4 high speed trainset is to be tested by a consortium of industrial, operating and academic partners as part of the RemODtrAIn project which aims to make train movements within maintenance depots more efficient.
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NewsDriverless metro train on test
RUSSIA: Moskva Metro has begun testing a driverless train on the Big Circle Line.
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NewsCRRC starts work on São Paulo metro trainsets
BRAZIL: The local operator has confirmed that supplier CRRC Qingdao Sifang has begun production of 44 metro trainsets for use on three lines in São Paulo.
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NewsItalferr rebranded as ‘an ambassador of high-tech Italian engineering’
ITALY: Italferr, the engineering consultancy arm of the Italian state railway holding FS Group, has been rebranded as FS Engineering.
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NewsSkills, signalling and military mobility in focus at RailTech Europe event
NETHERLANDS: The 16th edition of the RailTech Europe trade show will take place at the Jaarbeurs venue in Utrecht on March 4-5 2026, organised by Railway Gazette International’s parent group ProMedia.
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NewsRENFE postpones high speed train procurement
SPAIN: National operator RENFE has temporarily paused plans for the purchase of around 20 high speed trainsets in the aftermath of the recent fatal accident at Adamuz.
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NewsSantiago metro Line 7 automated trainset unveiled
CHILE: The first of 37 five-car Metropolis AS-22-UTO automated metro trainsets that Alstom is supplying for Santiago metro Line 7 has been rolled out in Brazil.
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NewsAachen regional electrification gets underway
GERMANY: Work has started on electrification of the privately-owned Euregiobahn regional network serving the north and east of Aachen.
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NewsCybersecurity powers needed to ensure Europe ‘does not lose control of its rail networks’
EUROPE: Railway supply industry association UNIFE has called on the European Commission and the EU Agency for Cybersecurity to proactively work to prevent rail networks being interfered with by ‘high-risk non-EU suppliers’.
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NewsCatanzaro suburban line reopens after realignment and modernisation
ITALY: Services have restarted on the 950 mm gauge Catanzaro suburban railway following a closure for modernisation including partial realignment and double-tracking.
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NewsBaku plans five-line tram network
AZERBAIJAN: Plans to develop a tram network in Baku have been announced by Deputy Minister of Digital Development & Transport Rahman Hummatov.
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NewsUnion Pacific and Wabtec sign $1·2bn loco modernisation deal
USA: Union Pacific and Wabtec have announced a ‘landmark’ $1·2bn agreement for the modernisation of the railway’s AC4400 diesel locomotives.
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NewsPfaffensteig Tunnel included in €2·5bn German funding package
GERMANY: The federal government has announced €1·7bn in funding for construction of the Pfaffensteig Tunnel, a key component in realising the full benefits of Stuttgart 21, as part of a €2·5bn package of rail investment.
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NewsSwiss Federal Council develops multimodal 2045 transport plan
SWITZERLAND: The Federal Council has adopted the key parameters for its Verkehr ’45 strategy, which is intended to inform the development of rail, road and urban transport infrastructure through to 2045.
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NewsTicketing and access to secondhand rolling stock lead European Commission’s 2026 rail agenda
EUROPE: The European Commission expects to present proposals for a Directive on rail ticketing and passenger rights ‘in the next few weeks’, Magda Kopczyńska, Director-General for Mobility & Transport at DG Move told the European Rail Award in Brussels on February 2.
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NewsRITES to support Botswana’s railway modernisation ambitions
BOTSWANA: A memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development and modernisation of transport infrastructure with a strong focus on railways has been signed by the Ministry of Transport & Infrastructure and Indian transport consultancy RITES.
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News‘New rules’ see capacity, cost and reliability drive intermodal rail freight growth
EUROPE: German rail market analysis firm SCI Verkehr believes that ’intermodal rail freight transport remains a key market, but it now operates according to new rules’, according to its l;atest research.