Railway Gazette International

World rail freight news round-up

News from the world rail freight market. Crossrail Benelux has been rebranded as BLS Cargo Nord from September 1, when all companies in the BLS…

Rolling stock company formed to facilitate competition in the Finnish passenger market

FINLAND: Rolling stock owning company Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto has been created to facilitate government plans to tender the operation of publ…

World rail freight news round-up

News from the world rail freight market. ÖBB’s Rail Cargo Group has put into traffic a novel wagon design for carrying salt which will be used t…

World rail freight news round-up

News from the world rail freight market. Wascosa is to supply the LTG Cargo Polska subsidiary of Lithuania’s national freight operator with 36 N…

NATO visit looks at Rail Baltica’s role in military mobility and regional security

LITHUANIA: The NATO Force Integration Unit has visited a Rail Baltica construction site to discuss how the civilian project will also significan…

Czech Republic: Ostrava link leads revised core network plan

With limited progress being made on the planned new line between Praha and Dresden, Czech infrastructure manager Správa Železnic is taking forwa…

Railway supply industry news round-up

This week’s news from the global railway supply chain. The Australasian Railway Association has released its latest rail remunerations insights…

RENFE Mercancías selects strategic partner

SPAIN: The board of national operator RENFE has selected Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Co’s inland logistics subsidiary Medlog as str…

Bilbao metro Line 5 construction contract awarded

SPAIN: Local infrastructure manager Euskal Trenbide Sarea has selected a joint venture of Acciona, Sacyr, Altuna y Uria and Bycam to build the c…

Iryo launches Madrid to Alacant service

SPAIN: Private high speed operator Iryo launched two pairs of return trains between Madrid Chamartín and Alacant on June 2. The inaugural servic…

Stadler beats Škoda in Slovak EMU tender

SLOVAKIA: National operator ZSSK has selected Stadler Rail for a €77m EU co-funded contract to supply double-deck electric multiple-units to ope…

NightJet expands to Amsterdam and Brussels

INTERNATIONAL: Regular overnight trains will return to the Netherlands with effect from the December 2020 timetable change, with the launch of a…