FRANCE: Greater Paris transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités has awarded incumbent SNCF Voyageurs a competitively-tendered contract to operate Transilien Line J commuter services. RATP Cap IDF ...

Locos ordered to strengthen rail freight in Spain and the Mediterranean Corridor SPAIN: Alpha Trains has ordered a further 25 Stadler Euro6000 multi-system electric locomotives in what the leasing ...

POLAND: Pesa Bydgoszcz and Japan’s Hitachi Rail have signed a strategic co-operation agreement covering the development and manufacturing of high speed and double-deck trains and the transfer of ...

POLAND: A Škoda ForCity Plus 52T tram being supplied for use in the Czech capital has been presented in Wrocław ahead of the city’s light rail fleet renewal plans being confirmed. The tram was ...

POLAND: The Centre for EU Transport Projects, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure, has launched preliminary market consultations to assess interest in operating inter-voivodship and ...

This week’s news from the global railway supply chain. Rail Baltica project promoter RB Rail is to hold its 2026 Industry Day on April 27. The online event will provide a practical overview of the ...

Although there has been relatively little change to the world’s fastest scheduled train services in the past two years, further developments are in prospect as more new lines and faster trains come on ...

Railway Gazette International looks at the current state of progress to create Great British Railways as the public sector body which will run the national rail network. December 9 saw a key milestone ...

National operator DSB is working on a pioneering programme to equip København’s S-bane for fully automated operation without using platform edge barriers. Contracts are due to be let later this year ...

SPAIN: Ongoing investigations into the high speed derailment and crash at Adamuz on January 18 have found further evidence pointing towards a rail break as being the primary cause of the tragedy, with ...

The launch of mobile and contactless ticketing and the phasing out of paper tickets from the Mexico City metro are the latest developments in an ambitious modernisation and expansion programme, as ...

Dakar’s TER suburban service kickstarted a rail revival in Sénégal, but further progress hinges on the direction of transport policy chosen following the presidential election in March. Murray Hughes ...