Europe rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Europe, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.Škoda battery multiple-unit on test
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Group has sent the first 15Ev3 battery-electric multiple unit for trials at the Velim test centre ahead of deployment in the Moravskoslezský region.
Paris RER Line E reaches Nanterre
FRANCE: An 8 km largely underground extension of Paris RER Line E from Magenta-Gare du Nord to Nanterre-La Folie (Hauts de Seine) has opened.
Murcia del Carmen station fit-out contract awarded
SPAIN: High speed rail infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded Ferrovial and Acciona a €164m contract to fit out the new Murcia del Carmen station.
First battery-electric train for Dublin’s DART+ network unveiled
IRELAND: The first battery-electric multiple-unit for the DART+ programme to enhance commuter train services around Dublin has been unveiled at Alstom’s Katowice factory in Poland.
Concrete sleeper business bought
EUROPE: French rail infrastructure supplier SATEBA Group has acquired the concrete sleeper manufacturing activities of Belgian company De Bonte Group.
Regauged inter-urban tram line reopens
CZECH REPUBLIC: Revenue services on the full length of inter-urban tram Route 11 between Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou have restarted following a two-year rebuilding which included conversion from metre to 1 435 mm gauge.
Finnish ETCS contract awarded
Serbia begins 200 km/h testing on upgraded line
Dortmund H-Bahn looks to the future
Le Mans transport network changes planned
Chinese trainsets arrive in Europe
Irish national transport ticketing contract awarded
SNCF and RATP to sell majority stake in Systra
SNCF unveils TGV-M livery
Regional governments keen to keep Deutschland-Ticket
Cross-border train services stepped up
Construction starts on Sevilla metro Line 3
ÖBB orders electric multiple-units for eastern Austria
Stockholm metro traffic management systems to be renewed
Torino driverless metro train production underway
Bogie maintenance contract
Rack railway tests collision warning system
Pomorskie orders more Impuls2 EMUs with EU funding
Abellio Deutschland sold to BeNEX