CROATIA: A Bombardier Traxx AC3 Last Mile locomotive owned by leasing company Railpool has been tested in Croatia, with the aim of obtaining certification for operation during the first quarter of 2016.
Static testing was followed by dynamic tests which focused on performance under different braking modes.
On December 14 a test run was carried out between Zagreb and Slavonski Brod, with the locomotive switching from electric to diesel power on the move to travel 10 km in last mile mode.
EUROPE: Direct trains between Amsterdam Centraal and London will be reinstated from February 10 2025, with the opening of a higher capacity departure terminal for passengers on Eurostar’s cross-Channel service. Through services were suspended from June 15 because remodelling works meant there was no space for ...
NORTH MACEDONIA: The government has cancelled the previous administration’s opening up of rail infrastructure access to private and foreign freight operators. Legal changes in December 2023 had opened access to the network. However, in September this year the current government reversed the liberalisation, with Minister of ...
UK: The prototype 08e battery locomotive which Positive Traction has produced by rebuilding a 1950s Class 08 diesel shunter has successfully completed two weeks of trials with Mendip Rail at Heidelberg Materials’ Whatley Quarry in Somerset. The 08e is designed to offer a cost-effective and emission ...
