After his predecessor’s fall, can the new SŽ chief restore trust in Czech rail?
Tomáš Tóth, the new head of Czech infra manager Správa železnic (SŽ), has vowed to deliver cost savings of “tens to hundreds of millions” within six months by drastically overhauling the organisation’s internal structure. That’s after his predecessor was dismissed following a graft raid in which investigators reportedly found more than €3 million in cash […]
Paris transport authority raises €1 billion in pioneering EU green bond
The Paris region transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités has become the first public-sector issuer in the world to launch a €1 billion European Green Bond (EuGB), setting a new standard for sustainable financing in the transport sector. The transport authority plans to finance new rolling stock and rail infrastructure upgrades, amongst other things. Subscribe to gain […]
Italy’s Winter Olympics rail boost: RFI completes 10 station upgrades
As Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo prepare to host the 2026 Winter Olympics starting 6 February, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) completed a €38.9 million overhaul of five key stations in Valtellina, ensuring seamless, accessible, and sustainable transport for athletes, spectators, and locals. In total, 10 stations have been modernised ahead of the games. The Olympics, running […]
Flooding disrupts rail in Portugal: five days of no trains between Lisbon and Porto
Lisbon and Porto, Portugal’s two main cities, were disconnected by train for five days in the past week and face new disruptions since yesterday. Flooding from depressions Kristin and Leonardo have suspended long-distance trains, and bus replacements are lacking. Since 6 pm Wednesday, no trains have run between the cities, with no forecast on the […]
German train conductor dies after assault by a fare dodger, unions call for reinforcements
A 36-year-old train conductor working for Deutsche Bahn has died as a result of being assaulted by a fare dodger. He died in the hospital on Wednesday morning. On Monday evening, he suffered severe blows to the head by a 26-year-old fare dodger on a train near Landstuhl in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which resulted […]
Fresh EU-funded rail works target bottlenecks on Poland-Ukraine frontier
A new cross-border rail project between Poland and Ukraine has kicked off, with EU funding being deployed to upgrade a border-line station in south-east Poland and improve accessibility at one of Ukraine’s most important rail hubs, Lviv. Aimed at boosting cross-border capacity and easing travel for vulnerable passengers, including injured soldiers, the project is being […]
Alstom wins four-year contract to maintain 3,500+ point machines across Poland
Alstom has signed a four-year agreement with infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) to carry out periodic inspections and overhauls of thousands of electric point machines across the Polish rail network, in what the company describes as its first nationwide, long-term maintenance framework of this kind in the country. Running from 2026 to […]
Major rail disruption across south-east England after train derails
Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick E. all hit Rail services across large parts of south-east England remained severely disrupted on Wednesday following the derailment of a Southern train at Selhurst depot and a separate signalling failure on the Brighton Main Line corridor, one of the country’s busiest corridors. Subscribe to gain access to all news Already have […]
ScotRail faces backlash after ‘fascist logo’ appears on new train concept image
ScotRail’s pitch for future battery trains has been derailed by an avoidable own goal after a conference slide appeared to show a British Union of Fascists-style emblem on the side of a train concept image. The image, shown by managing director Joanne Maguire at the Rail in Scotland event in Edinburgh last week, featured a […]
EU rail CEOs set 2026 agenda
Setting out their political agenda for 2026, Europe’s rail CEOs have placed military mobility as a central pillar of the sector’s gameplan this year as the bloc readies its next long-term budget. Speaking just weeks before his appearance at RailTech Europe, CER chief Alberto Mazzola said that strong funding and military mobility were now “essential […]