The rail supply market volume amounts to an average of 163.2 billion Euros. This is the annual average in the...World’s rail supply market grows to 63.2 billion Euros
Bombardier Transportation has successfully tested the latest software of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 solution in...Bombardier completes world-first ERTMS tests in Sweden
SNCF, Shift2Rail and Traxens revealed a digital brake testing system for freight trains at trade fair InnoTrans 2018 on Tuesday....SNCF, Shift2Rail introduce digital brake testing on freight trains
Alstom launches marketplace for train parts and commodities
Alstom is launching an online marketplace dedicated to the railway sector. Revealed on the second day of trade fair Innotrans in Berlin, it has been designed as an efficient platform to both promote and get...Read more
Strukton signs new partnership in smart maintenance
Strukton Rail announced three new partnerships in carrying out smart maintenance on the first day of Innotrans. Together with Siemens Mobility, Willow and Rail Restore it has developed automatic video recognition, 3D data visualisation and...Read more
Railway services UK Midlands resumed after train accident
Railway services between Birmingham New Street and Nuneaton in the UK have resumed. The line was reopened on Sunday evening, after a 5-day closure due to the derailment of a freight train. Seven wagons of a...Read more
EU Commission: ‘The Belt and Road initiative is a Chinese project’
The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) is a Chinese project. The EU does not participate in it, but it is also not a simple spectator of it. The European Commission pays attention to the BRI...Read more
New lightweight platform for superstructures on the market
A new lightweight platform for the carriage of superstructures was presented to the public by manufacturer voestalpine and Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the Austrian-based rail logistics company that will be operating the new rolling stock....Read more
Kaliningrad: a multimodal solution to connect China with Europe
An alternative gateway between the European railway network and that of the CIS countries to improve traffic flow on the New Silk Road: this is the Kaliningrad route. Moreover, it is a multimodal route, offering...Read more
New railway service between Oujda and Nador, Morocco
The national Moroccan railway company (ONCF) has opened a new railway terminal in the eastern city of Oujda to connect the city with Nador. The facility adds to a new 150-kilometre railway track that will...Read more
Cuba ready to receive international investment in rail
The Cuban government has officially approved foreign investment in railway infrastructure and services. The government has long isolated the country from foreign influence, despite the fact that many infrastructure projects were stalled. The first project will...Read more
SNCF to launch driverless mainline train by 2023
French railway operator SNCF is planning to introduce prototypes of driverless mainline trains for freight and passengers services by 2023. Soon after that, the trains will become operative as regular services, the company announced on...Read more
New railway line Port of Tilbury-Central Scotland
Eddie Stobart, a UK-based supply chain, transport and logistics company has launched a new train service, connecting the Port of Tilbury to Tesco’s site in Daventry, and then Daventry to Mossend, Scotland. With this connection...Read more