Railway

Borne backs early extension of Rhin-Rhône high speed line

FRANCE: Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne has agreed to ‘look again’ at the timescale for completing the second phase…

CDG Express delayed to ۲۰۲۶

FRANCE: The CDG Express project to provide a dedicated airport express between central Paris and…

SNCF reports strong high-speed growth

French National Railways (SNCF) says that traffic on its high-speed services grew by ۱۴% between January and April…

CoolRail to cut carbon footprint of fresh food

EUROPE: Food logistics company Euro Pool System has launched a thrice-weekly CoolRail dedicated temperature-controlled…

ADB’s largest ever rail loan to support Manila commuter project

PHILIPPINES: In what the organisation says is its ‘largest single infrastructure project financing’, the Asian…

Baku suburban railway phase one launched

AZERBAIJAN: The first phase of a planned circular suburban railway serving Baku and the Abşeron Peninsula was…

۶۰۰ km/h maglev prototype unveiled

CHINA: Two prototype vehicles intended to support research into a ۶۰۰ km/h maglev system were unveiled by CRRC Qingdao…

Rail Baltica design contract awarded

ESTONIA: Trinational project promoter RB Rail has selected IDOM as the winner of a contract to provide design and…

A first in rail: Eurotunnel rolls out facial recognition tech

The Eurotunnel is to become the first non-airport border crossing to deploy biometric technology at its terminal in…

‘World’s largest fleet of fuel cell trains’ ordered

GERMANY: Following a European tender, the Fahma rolling stock subsidiary of Rhein-Main transport authority RMV has…