Posted 2 hours ago by Railpage System User
On November 7, Rail Baltica Global Project team consisting of technical experts from RB Rail AS, SIA Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas and AB Lietuvos geležinkeliai met with representatives from Crossrail and High Speed 2 (HS2) to learn more about their experiences of implementing BIM systems in their projects.
Posted 2 hours ago by Railpage System User
EUROPE: Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of proposed changes to increase rail passengers’ rights at a plenary session on November 15.
Posted 2 hours ago by Railpage System User
The European Union is providing more than €293m from the Cohesion Fund to support modernisation of the 293 km line from Plovdiv to the Black Sea port of Burgas. The route forms part of the Orient/East Med TEN-T corridor connecting central and southeastern Europe.
Posted 2 hours ago by Railpage System User
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Transport (Bundesamt für Verkehr) has issued new operating licenses for SBB’s Twindexx double-deck trains. The approval comes just in time for SBB’s upcoming timetable change.
Posted 2 hours ago by Railpage System User
The Switzerland Federal Office of Transport (BAV) has issued the operating licence for Swiss Federal Railways’ (SBB) new BOMBARDIER TWINDEXX double-deck multiple unit trains for long-distance transport on intercity and inter-regional lines.
Posted 3 hours ago by Railpage System User
Back in 2004, the Slovenian Railways (SŽ) ordered 20 high speed multi purpose locomotives from Siemens. The fleet eventually grew to 32 machines (541 001-022 and 541 101-110) – since then, many of these had (and some still have) distinctive “Werbelok” liveries, as the Germans call these full wraps for promotional purposes. Time for an overview.
Posted 3 hours ago by Railpage System User
The joint venture of the three Baltic states RB Rail AS is progressing with a study, which assesses the climate change impact on the design, construction, maintenance and operations of the Rail Baltica railway.
Posted 5 hours ago by Railpage System User
The Spanish Anti-Trust Authority (CNMC) has requested the Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF to review its proposal to increase the track access charges in 2028. It concluded that it had not consulted the market sufficiently, while the impact could be great.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
A time frame has been set for the completion of Rail Baltica, linking Poland and the Baltic states by rail. Construction should commence in 2020, while the entire project should be delivered by end 2025. A connection to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius has been confirmed.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
GE will produce the locomotives in the U.S. as kits later in 2019, and then ship them to Moldava for regional final assembly, with anticipated final delivery in 2020.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
We already presented you with an extensive selection of vehicle reviews from InnoTrans 2018. But still, there was so much more to see and learn.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
A joint venture (JV) of Indra and Siemens has received a contract from Spanish railway infrastructure manager Adif to develop a traffic control and management system (Sitra+) for the entire rail network.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Chairman & CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge said Alstom ‘achieved excellent results in this first half with breakthrough commercial successes’, when he presented on November 14 the company’s results for the financial period from April 1 to September 30.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
The European Parliament has called for a significantly larger budget for transport infrastructure through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme, a European financing tool for railway projects such as the TEN-T corridors and the roll-out of the European security system ERTMS.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
The Shared & coHerent European Railway Protection Approach project to address risks associated with terrorist threats to trains and stations was launched in Paris on November 13.
Posted 3 days ago by bevans
Genoa - Rail freight links between the port of Genoa and the Terminals of Rivalta Scrivia, Padua and Milan have been improved
Posted 3 days ago by x31
In the first ten months of 2018, freight shipping by rail in Latvia increased by 10.2% year-on-year to 40.291 mln tons, informs LETA referring to the data released by the Transport Ministry of Latvia.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
SNCF is to sell its loss-making Ouibus long-distance coach operations to the digital ride-sharing specialist BlaBlaCar under a multimodal development partnership announced on November 12.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
741 745-4 is the number of the latest CZ Loko shunter for Terminali Italia. The picture shows the brand new Class 741.7 diesel locomotive on 12.11.2018 in Česká Třebová, the hometown of CZ Loko.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg is celebrating the arrival of its first FLIRT EMU. Earlier this year ET 3.01 was seen during tests runs, now the 4-car ET 4.02 was on display during a special ceremony.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
Deutsche Bahn (DB) subsidiary DB Engineering & Consulting has acquired predictive maintenance solutions provider infraView for an undisclosed sum.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
The construction of a new rail connection for the future Rail Terminal Greenport Venlo, the Netherlands has commenced. Infrastructure manager ProRail and contractor Dura Vermeer Railinfra will build a total of six kilometers of new track on behalf of the development company Greenport Venlo.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
12.11.2018 was a special day in the Netherlands: The first ‘Sprinter Nieuwe Generatie’ (SNG) EMUs have entered commercial service. And of course we had to take a ride.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
Ukrainian Railway (Ukrzaliznytsia) is testing a brand new TE33A Trident freight diesel locomotive, produced by GE Transportation in Erie, Pennsylvania. The trial is taking place on the Kremenchuk – Romodan railway line. Ukrzaliznytsia is expected to enter service 8 locomotives of this type in November.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
In a presentation at the Alpine Rail Optimisation conference in Wien on November 8 Director of Wagon Management at SNCF Fret Nicolas Czernecki confirmed that the operator had become the first railway in Europe to implement automated brake testing on commercial freight trains.
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