Latest news: Recent European railway news highlights significant infrastructure investments and operational shifts. Spain approved a EUR 62m rail freight terminal in Cantabria (SICAN, Adif) to boost intermodal transport. DB InfraGO announced major infrastructure renewal on Germany's Berlin–Hannover corridor, causing diversions. Forwardis secured the ScandFibre Rail27 contract, linking Sweden with continental Europe, while Green Cargo will operate Stockholm's Årsta terminal. Alpha Trains ordered 25 Stadler EURO6000 locomotives for Spanish freight and cross-border links. Great Britain's rail journeys surpassed pre-pandemic levels, aided by the Elizabeth Line.
Latest Railway News
Passenger Rail
€200 million: hall extension at the ICE plant in Berliner Rummelsburg
Karel Novak
December 30, 2022
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3 min read
Freight Rail
US: prototype rail car for transporting radioactive material
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 30, 2022
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
EBRD and EU to invest in the upgrade of Kosovo’s railways
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 29, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Serbia: after ammonia freight train derailment over 50 people poisoned
Karel Novak
December 28, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
ÖBB invests EUR 75 million in new rolling stock
Karel Novak
December 28, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Innofreight has developed a new fleet for wood transport
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 28, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Etihad Rail agreed with Borouge to transport 1.3 million tons of polymers annually via rail
Karel Novak
December 27, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Further help from DB to the Ukrainian railway
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 27, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Nymwag: New transshipment hall in Nymburk, Czech Republic
Karel Novak
December 23, 2022
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1 min read
Infrastructure
HS2 builds key East West Rail bridge for boosting Oxford-Cambridge connections
Karel Novak
December 23, 2022
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1 min read
Freight Rail
Rail Baltica has approved specific plans for Kaunas railway hub
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 23, 2022
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3 min read
Infrastructure
RAILPOOL: new locomotive workshop in Hamburg
Karel Novak
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
CBH acquires standard gauge locomotives from Progress Rail
Karel Novak
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Business
GEODIS is planning to acquire trans-o-flex
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
Hitachi Rail's Blue train has entered into operation in Sicily
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 21, 2022
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3 min read
Freight Rail
UK: North’s Freight and Logistics sector could be worth more than £30bn
Karel Novak
December 21, 2022
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3 min read
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