DB Netze’s new freight coordinator: ‘Construction works are for the better, but I understand frustration’
As a new face at German infrastructure manager DB Netze, Thorsten Dieter aims for change. “My biggest accomplishment will be if, one year from now, the rail freight sector thinks it’s sufficiently represented by DB...Read more
Poland gets the stones to build: 24.2 billion of EU funds in sight
Poland has welcomed a new round of EU funds that could possibly finance its ambitious road and railways projects. On Wednesday 2 March, the new financial perspective of EU funds was officially inaugurated. Poland has...Read more
Hinckley interchange developers respond to community fears
Hinckley Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) has been in the planning mix for several years. It has also been in the news for almost as long. Local fears of increased industrial development have frequently been...Read more
“It’s practically impossible to destroy Ukrainian railway network”
The Ukrainian railways sector continues to develop, amidst an ongoing military conflict with Russia, and the associated massive damage to the country’s railways infrastructure. As Yulia Klimenko, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Transport and...Read more
New rails from Europe on the way to reconstruct Ukrainian infrastructre
France will supply Ukraine with new rails, produced by rail manufacturer Saarstahl. Much of the rail infrastructure in Ukraine is destroyed, and so is the only producer of steel rails in Ukraine AzovStal, was was...Read more
Malaszewicze terminal getting ready to handle heavier trains
Capacity of the Polish Malaszewicze and Biała Podlaska terminals, both near the border with Belarus, will be extended with 13 additional tracks. Three new tracks will be build in Małaszewicze, while Biała Podlaska will be...Read more
Germany: more traffic restrictions likely as DB hunts faulty sleepers
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is expanding its investigation into potentially faulty sleepers in the wake of last summer’s deadly derailment in Bavaria. DB expects it will have to test around 130,000 sleepers nationwide and – if...Read more
Canada to help Ukraine reconstruct its railways
Canada will help Ukraine in restoring its railway infrastructure. This was agreed during a meeting on Wednesday 28 September between the respective ministries. The governments of Canada and Ukraine, together with Ukrainian Railways and RAC...Read more
Network access dispute involving SNCF Reseau resolved favouring complainants
With a decision published on 6 September, the Autorité de Régulation des Transports (ART) resolved a dispute concerning “the technical conditions and operations for access to the railway network”. The French authority decided in favour...Read more
ADIF promises upgrades on railway line to Barcelona
Adif has earmarked another 22,3 million euros for investment in the Barcelona-Girona-Portbou railway line. The money will used for the installation of a new security and communication system. The money comes on top of the...Read more
Scottish city centre freight route safeguarded
Network Rail has committed to renovating a freight route through the centre of Glasgow. The infrastructure agency is to invest in a programme of improvement works set to begin on a bridge that’s key to...Read more
Poland invests in railway line Szczecin to German border
To achieve more efficient transportation of goods between Szczecin Główny and Germany, Polish railway manager PKP PKL will modernise the railway line to the Polish-German border. Works on the line including a second track as...Read more
West Midlands Interchange Update
A year since the project changed hands, there is movement on the West Midlands Interchange (WMI), a designated Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) located in South Staffordshire, in the middle of the so-called logistics golden...Read more
G7 and EU plan a new BRI in the making?
The G7, the big leaders of the world, and the EU have pledged to raise 600 billion US dollars (634.56 billion euros) over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries. In the west,...Read more
Quick quick slow: Hope Valley upgrade dances around freight traffic
Network Rail has begun upgrading the ‘Hope Valley’ route railway between Manchester and Sheffield as part of the wider Trans Pennine Upgrade project. The route, serving rural communities between the two cities, will provide more...Read more
Italian investments – an infrastructural shock?
ANALYSISThe Italian FS Group recently presented its industrial plan for the coming decade. Record numbers show the commitment and the long-term vision adopted. Will this be the long awaited infrastructural shock, or just a utopian...Read more
Time for a rethink on UK’s rail engineering schedules
Unlike all different transport modes continuing operations during holidays, this is not the case for the railways of Great Britain. The only movement in the railway network during such days is the scream of the...Read more
Wires up, rails down between Manchester and Stalybridge
The huge Transpennine Route Upgrade improvements programme, driven by Network Rail, continues in the Greater Manchester area. Works are underway to electrify and improve tracks between Manchester and Stalybridge. The multi-billion-pound project will see the...Read more
Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridor: why does Iran need a new gateway?
Iran is negotiating with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, and Greece to launch a new multimodal corridor. The Persian Gulf-Black Sea project will connect the two regions using rail and sea links. It is an ambitious...Read more