POLAND: General contractor Porr has awarded Alstom a contract to design and supply signalling systems for the 4·6 km tunnel which it is to build under the city of Łódź as part of the Port Polksa ...

AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways is expecting to save around 500 000 litres of diesel a year after it takes delivery of a ...

POLAND: Wielkopolskie voivodship has awarded Stadler a contract to supply Flirt electric multiple-units, with the Marshal's office saying the trainsets are needed because residents have come to love ...

UK: Leadership changes have been announced at the EDI Charter for Rail Working Group, which was founded by the Railway Industry Association and Women in Rail.

IRELAND: Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority have awarded KeolisAmey the next contract to operate and maintain the capital’s tram network. Minister for Transport ...

FINLAND: GoA2 attended automated train operation over ETCS Level 2 has been demonstrated on a 19 km section of track between ...

POLAND: Competition within the domestic inter-city market is hotting up with RegioJet expanding its service proposition and Leo Express carrying passengers within Poland for the first time.

EUROPE: Supra-national rolling stock financing body Eurofima has revised its long-term business strategy to target the urban ...

EUROPE: The difficulty in arranging short term paths for cross-border rail traffic is putting rail's role in military ...

Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager is seeking private sector participation in three rail logistics enhancement projects, while the government says it has received significant interest from the ...

UK: The National Audit Office has made an assessment of the Depatment for Transport's progress in establishing the Northern Powerhouse Rail programme.

ITALY: Competition authority AGCM has upheld a complaint against infrastructure manager RFI, finding that its procedures for allocating capacity on high speed lines were hindering new operators' ...