Passenger rail industry news
Latest news from the passenger railway industry, including intercity, regional and commuter transport.
Open access ‘at a crossroads’ as government sets out more stringent tests for approval
UK: Train operator owing company association Rail Partners said ‘the bar for new open access applications is being made harder to clear’, after Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander set out her expectations for how applications to run open access services should be considered as the rail industry is ...
Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn linked by co-ordinated passenger trains
EUROPE: The national passenger train operators of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have launched co-ordinated services to make it more practical to travel between Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn by rail.
SNCF orders 22 Oxygène trains for Bordeaux – Marseille route
FRANCE: SNCF Voyageurs has awarded CAF a firm order to supply a further 22 Oxygène trainsets for inter-city services between Bordeaux and Marseille.
Service agreement ‘paves way’ for suburban rail devolution in Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA: Following months of negotiations, the city of Cape Town and Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa have signed a Service Level Plan which Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says will ‘lay the foundation for future rail devolution’.
Regional passenger services in Grand Est stepped up further
FRANCE: The next stage of the Réseau Express Métropolitain Européen programme to increase local passenger services in the area around Strasbourg has been launched.
Berner Oberland-Bahn train delivered
SWITZERLAND: Berner Oberland-Bahnen has taken delivery of the first of 10 ABeh 4/8 electric multiple-units being supplied by Stadler.
EuroCity Direct augments Benelux push-pull services
Teresina suburban rail renewal makes progress
French night train fleet renewal tender expected
Hungary mulls transfer of more services to GySEV
Portuguese border link partially reopened
Double-deckers enter service on Chuo Rapid line
Questions remain for the rail sector in English devolution plans
Paris – Berlin direct high speed train service launched
Northumberland Line service from Newcastle to Ashington launched
London stations added to Google Street View
Greater Anglia expands paper roll ticketing
Fuel cells orders for passenger and freight traction
Rail regulator seeks feedback on assessment of assistance to disabled passengers
Study finds international passenger capacity at London St Pancras could be doubled
Ontario Northlander station contract awarded
Refurbished Grand Est double-deck EMU unveiled
Mexico to invest 157bn pesos in railway expansion in 2025
‘We grow, they grow’: FirstGroup sets out open access rail aims