Virgin attacks Network Rail over poor performance
VIRGIN Rail Group, the operator of Britain's Intercity West Coast franchise, announced on June 7 that it is preparing enforcement action against infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) for failing to achieve contractual performance targets in recent months.
PLANS to extend Amtrak California Capitol Corridor services south from San Jose have received a boost after California Transport Commission approved a $US 18.1m investment in track improvements on the line to Salinas.
The funding will...
DURING a meeting in Spiez, Switzerland, last week, the CEOs of Europe's major passenger operators agreed to back a joint project entitled "Full Service Model" which is intended to enhance journey information and simplify the...
A cooperation agreement was signed in Zürich on June 14 by the CEO of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Mr Andreas Meyer and Italian State Railways (FS) CEO Mr Mauro Moretti.
The aim of the new pact...
BULGARIA and Romania celebrated the completion of a new international rail link across the Danube on June 14 with the opening of the 1.97km bridge between Calafat, Romania, and Vidin, Bulgaria.
The so-called Danube Bridge 2...
A team of Japanese consultants has completed a feasibility study for the proposed $US 1.7bn reconstruction of the 640km metre-gauge line between Myanmar's largest city Yangon and the northern city of Mandalay.
According to local media...
ABELLIO Rail NRW signed a contract with Stadler Pankow on June 12 for a fleet of 20 five-car Flirt emus, which will be used on the Dutch-German Lower Rhine Network from December 2016.
The 160km/h trains...
VIRGIN Rail Group, the operator of Britain's Intercity West Coast franchise, announced on June 7 that it is preparing enforcement action against infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) for failing to achieve contractual performance targets in...
SERBIAN Railways (ZS) president Mr Dragoljub Simonović and Mr Sergey Pavlov, CEO of Russian Railways (RZD) subsidiary RZD International, have signed a $US 800m loan agreement which will finance the renewal of rolling stock and...
This month the French government will publish its draft proposals to restructure French railways with the expectation that a fully-fledged infrastructure manager will emerge. Rather than waiting for legislation to come into force in 2015,...
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has appointed Dr Timo Huges as CEO following Mr Bert Meerstadt's decision to step down from the position on October 1.Huges is currently chairman of Royal FloraHolland, a horticultural growers' cooperative, a...
