‘Track rebuilding time and costs terrify me’, states Greek Deputy Transport Minister
Reconstructing the heavily damaged Greek railway network after the floods of early September is a terrifying task for the Greek Deputy Infrastructure and Transport Minister, Nikos Tahiaos, considering the time and money it will need....Read more
Greek rail damage costs rise to 160 million euros, repairs to last a year
The initial assessment concerning the damages on the Greek railway network after the floods belongs to the past. A new assessment draws an even gloomier picture: repair costs skyrocket from an estimated 50 million euros...Read more
Greece: 50 km of destroyed tracks require 50 million euro investments
The aftermath of Storm Daniel in Greece last week is becoming all the more visible. The central north-south Greek railway axis has been impacted heavily, with 50 kilometres of railway infrastructure in Central Greece destroyed....Read moreFloods put Greece underwater, Piraeus stranded from rail services
Greece is experiencing one of the worst floods in its modern history, with storm ‘Daniel’ putting several parts of the country underwater and with people dead and missing. The already fragile Greek railway network is...Read more
Norway prioritises freight trains after bad weather disruptions
The Dovre Line in Norway, the main railway connection between Trondheim and Oslo, is currently closed after a rail bridge collapsed due to a storm. In order to make sure that some traffic still runs, the...Read more
Floods disrupt rail services in Russia
The Kholodnaya River overflowed its banks last Saturday after heavy rainfall, washing away and damaging part of the Baikal-Amur railway line in Russia and making rail traffic impossible.Read more
Floods in Slovenia: rail freight still in a stalemate, EC unlocks funds
Running freight trains between Slovenia and its neighbouring countries is still significantly problematic due to the recent disastrous floods that hit the country. The first estimates of the damages are set at over half a...Read more
Floods and bad weather are causing massive disruptions all over Europe
Slovenia is currently being hit by heavy rain causing floods and significant damage to the country’s infrastructure. The same is happening in the north of the Old Continent, where Sweden and Norway are dealing with...Read more
Rail freight in Slovenia halted by ‘worst floods ever’
Slovenia is currently experiencing flooding, defined by Prime Minister Robert Golob as the biggest natural disaster ever in the country. As Slovenian Railways pointed out, the rail infrastructure suffered significant damage and caused the suspension...Read more
Record and deadly floods in China leave Silk Road trains untouched
The biblical disaster unfolding in China, with several people dead and massive destruction of infrastructure because of roaming typhoons, has somehow not disrupted Eurasian rail transport. According to reports from platform companies in China and...Read more
Freight trains back on track after floods in Italy
Freight trains are running again after storms flooded the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Both the Italian state-owned rail freight company Mercitalia and Lugo Terminal, one of the most active companies in the area, stated that...Read more
Floods in Italy: what is the impact on rail freight?
The Italian region of Emilia Romagna, in the northeast, was hit by catastrophic flooding that caused 14 victims and stranded tens of thousands. The rail freight sector has been impacted as well since the rail...Read more
A year after 2021 summer floods: DB still carries out reconstruction works
Deutsche Bahn still cannot run 15 per cent of its routes in the areas damaged by the massive July 2021 floods. It will take another two years to reopen all the affected routes in their...Read more
The lessons Infrabel learned from the flood: ‘We had never expected the rail embankments to become so unstable’
“The flooding of last year was the worst disaster we ever experienced on the Belgian railways”, said Bart Kamoen, civil engineer at Infrabel. How did Infrabel deal with the aftermath, and what is needed to...Read more
Flood damages in German network persist through 2022
The damaging floods that took place last summer in northern Europe still strongly affect railway networks. In Germany, for instance, parts of the damaged network will become functional again during 2022 or even later.Read more
Floods in Navarre, Spain – rail freight lines closed
Heavy rainfall and floods in the Spanish region of Navarre have caused disruptions to the rail freight network. The rail freight line between Madrid and Irun has been closed since Thursday. It is the second...Read moreDeutsche Bahn raises 4.65 million euros for victims of floods
A fundraising campaign by Deutsche Bahn for those affected by the floods in the summer raised a total of 4.65 million euros. This sum benefits DB employees, who can use it to absorb their personal...Read more