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
Deutsche Bahn invests 13.6 billion in railway infrastructure
This year, Deutsche Bahn invests 13.6 billion euros in the railway infrastructure of Germany. This is around 900 million euros more than in the previous year. The railway company is modernising and renewing around 1,800...Read more
30 billion euros pumped into rail northern Germany
By 2030, at least 30 billion euros will be invested in expanding the rail infrastructure in the north of Germany. This is one of the main promises of a new alliance formed in the country...Read moreMore trains arrive late in Germany in 2021 due to floods, strikes and works
A quarter of long-distance trains in Germany did not arrive on time in 2021. According to Deutsche Bahn, a combination of rail strikes, corona lockdowns and floods are the culprit. Read moreNew Dutch government, new funds for infrastructure
The new Dutch government will structurally set aside 1.25 billion euros to make up for backlogs in the maintenance of Dutch infrastructure. This was announced on Wednesday 15 December, when the government presented the coalition...Read more
Spain invests over €24 billion in rail infrastructure
The Spanish government will invest 24.2 billion euros in rail infrastructure over the next five years. This was announced by minister of Transport and Mobility Raquel Sánchez last week.Read more
US to ‘build back better’, huge investments in rail
The US Congress has approved a comprehensive package of infrastructure investments. Sixty-six billion dollars will go to the national rail network. The approval is an important victory for President Joe Biden, who proposed the package...Read more
The Netherlands concludes: railway cannot cope with extreme weather
The Dutch rail infrastructure cannot cope with extreme winter weather. It will require billions of euros to keep the rail infrastructure available under all circumstances, such as extreme heat in the summer, or winter weather...Read more
Freight to benefit from engineering works
The UK West Coast Main Line, the busiest mixed-traffic route in Europe, will see the most extensive programme of engineering works this weekend. The Late May Bank Holiday is traditionally a busy time for operations....Read more
Alstom supplies Ukrainian Railways with 130 electric locomotives
Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) will receive 130 heavy electric locomotives by Alstom as part of a fleet renewal project. The French and Ukrainian governments signed an intergovernmental agreement to finance the hundreds of million purchase. Both...Read more
Ukrainian Railways launches major infrastructure upgrade project in summer
Ukrainian Railways will start electrifying and modernising the Kovel-Izov-Derzhkordon route between Ukraine and Poland during the following months. Construction works will take place on several sites. The most significant concern the reconstruction of railway tracks...Read more
Replacing the train detection in the port of Rotterdam
In the coming years, the current train detection system of track circuits in the Dutch port of Rotterdam on the port railway is being replaced by axle counters. The project is the first large-scale application...Read more