THE Swiss Federal Council has approved a scheme to create and finance a project which will allow 4m corner-height semitrailers to be carried on the Gotthard line.
UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) signed a letter of intent with Luganskteplovoz, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Transmashholding, Russia, on May 16 for the purchase of 300 twin-unit electric freight locomotives.
SWEDEN's Lussavaara-Kirunava AB (LKAB) inaugurated the latest phase of its iron-ore mining operation in Kiruna, northern Sweden today, which includes a 12km, standard-gauge underground automatic railway.
GERMAN Rail (DB) CEO Dr Rüdiger Grube has called on European governments to adopt the structure of Germany's railway industry to foster competition and increase market share.
GYÖR-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has issued tenders for the electrification of the Szombathely-Hegyeshalom line in western Hungary, which the company took over from Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) in 2011.
EIFFAGE Rail Express, the PPP contractor responsible for designing, building and maintaining the 182km Bretagne – Pays de la Loire high-speed line between Le Mans and Rennes, has awarded Vossloh…
A unique solar-powered railcar built by the workshops of the Kismaros – Királyrét narrow-gauge line near Budapest has been granted approval to carry passengers in time for the start of…
NATIONAL Express will continue to operate the Essex Thameside franchise until September 2014 after it was awarded a short-term contract by the Department for Transport (DfT), the first such contract…
IRELAND's transport minister Mr Leo Varadkar today signed the first construction contracts for the €368m project to connect the Luas light rail Red and Green Lines in Dublin City Centre.
