Demolition works are under way at Vienna’s former Nordwestbahnhof freight yard as part of a large-scale urban redevelopment project covering 44 hectares.
The transaction was finalised on 9 January and covers NTS’s workforce and technical equipment.
Passenger and freight rail services in Cyprus ended in 1951. Alongside Malta, Cyprus remains one of the two EU member states without an operational railway network.
The testing programme is intended to verify operational readiness ahead of the start of regular services.
Germany’s rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO invested more than €19 billion in network renewal and modernisation in 2025. The year was marked by a high construction workload alongside ongoing rail operations.
The procedure covers a 13 km section of Line 85 between Kotowice, in the Brwinów municipality in Mazovia, and the future airport hub.
China’s high-speed rail network has exceeded 50,000 km in operation following the opening of new high-speed railway in Shaanxi Province.
Following the expansion, the terminal’s handling capacity has reached 25,000 TEUs.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia have presented plans for a high-speed electric passenger railway connecting their two capitals, Doha and Riyadh.
The construction phase for a new curved track at the Kühnsdorf freight terminal in southern Carinthia has started following a groundbreaking ceremony held this week.
The first construction phase of the large-scale overhaul on the Hamburg–Berlin railway line is nearing completion around five months after works began. Focus is now shifting from track renewal to signalling systems and station upgrades.
The siding, scheduled for completion by 2029, is intended to facilitate large-scale rail deliveries of construction materials for the future airport terminal and the Warsaw–Łódź high-speed rail (HSR) line.
The combined budget of approximately HUF 860 billion (EUR 2.22 billion) is planned to be used for targeted track renewal works across multiple high-traffic locations in the national rail network.
Higher transport volumes on construction projects and the intention to carry out more rail movements independently are the main reasons for the procurement.
The works form part of the reconfiguration of railway operations from the city of Murcia towards the south and the centre of Spain.
The project adds another location to the company’s terminal network and extends its presence in the Central European and Balkan freight corridors.
From December 14, trains heading south from Berlin are using the rebuilt corridor with two newly added long-distance tracks and overhead electrification.
The EU has issued a €15 million tender under the Ukraine FIRST programme to prepare priority reconstruction projects across Ukraine. The 48-month contract includes major transport and rail infrastructure.
Nymwag has completed construction of a new freight-wagon plant in Kolkata, developed through a joint venture with Texmaco. Trial production starts in November 2025.
The order introduces a uniform series of track machines designed for both turnout and plain line tamping and will replace multiple older units in DB Bahnbau’s fleet.