Rail Baltica to build Baltics’ largest rolling stock depot in Estonia by 2028
Rail Baltic Estonia has launched a €41.3 million procurement to construct the Baltic region’s largest rolling stock depot in Rae municipality, set to open by December 2028. The facility, which will be built in the Soodevahe area in the north of the country, will serve as the central hub for maintenance, repairs, and operations of […]
Spain’s Adamuz rail tragedy ‘not caused by lack of maintenance’, says Puente
Four days after one of the deadliest train disasters in Spain, more details are emerging, but the cause is still unclear. Investigators zero in on a potential rail defect, while train drivers call for urgent safety reforms, stating drivers are ‘risking their lives’. Transport Minister Puente, meanwhile, stresses that serious or significant accidents have fallen […]
Beacon finalises Eversholt Rail takeover after UK regulator clears ROSCO deal
Luxembourg-based rolling stock lessor Beacon has formally closed its takeover of Eversholt Rail, bringing one of Britain’s original rolling stock leasing companies under new ownership after the deal cleared its final regulatory hurdle in the UK. The acquisition, agreed last summer, was signed off earlier this month after the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) […]
The first of SNCF’s new TGV M trains will only run on one line this summer
Paris to… After years of delay, SNCF’s new TGV M high-speed fleet is preparing to enter service this summer, with its initial rollout tightly limited. Here’s where it will be headed first. SNCF’s long-awaited TGV M will finally enter commercial service this summer, but its debut will be far more limited than many passengers might […]
Portugal clears way to relaunch Lisbon-Porto high-speed tender
Portugal’s government has formally authorised Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) to relaunch the tender for the Oiã–Soure section of the Porto–Lisbon high-speed rail line, resetting the procurement after the collapse of the first attempt and clearing a key bottleneck in the country’s flagship but long-lagging rail project. The decision, approved by the Council of Ministers and […]
Hungary quietly raises potential Chinese EMU order to 100 trains
Hungary appears to be weighing a significantly larger order of Chinese-built multiple units, with transport minister János Lázár saying earlier this month that talks are under way on a deal for 100 new Chinese motor trains, with a two-year horizon attached to making the plan a reality. While Budapest’s interest in Chinese rolling stock has […]
Driver killed, 39 injured as Spain sees second deadly train crash in days
Services across Catalonia’s Rodalies commuter rail network have been suspended after a train derailed outside Barcelona, killing the driver and injuring dozens, just two days after the fatal high-speed collision near Adamuz in southern Spain. A Rodalies commuter train crashed on Tuesday evening between Gelida and Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, around 35 km west of Barcelona, […]
Spain’s train drivers call nationwide strike after back-to-back fatal rail accidents
Spain’s train drivers’ union SEMAF has called a general railway strike in response to a series of fatal accidents this week, accusing authorities of allowing an “unacceptable deterioration” in rail safety. The union has not yet set a date for the action, describing it as a warning intended to force binding safety commitments. Subscribe to […]
UNIFE urges EU to use new cyber powers to restrict ‘high-risk’ foreign rail tech
Europe’s rail supply industry is pressing the European Commission and EU cybersecurity authorities to actively use newly adopted cyber powers to investigate and, where necessary, restrict non-EU technology used on critical rail infrastructure. UNIFE chief Enno Wiebe called for Brussels and ENISA to draw a clear line, with EU rulings on “unsuitable non-EU technology” in […]
EU’s TEN-T core network completion by 2030 ‘entirely out of reach’
The EU’s Court of Auditors concludes that it is completely out of reach to finish upgrading the core TEN-T network within the set deadline of 2030. The core network includes the most important connections between major cities and nodes in Europe, but the works underway to make sure the corridors consist of coherent and multimodal […]