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High Speed: South Korea tackles a capacity shortfall
19+ hour, 19+ min ago (1334+ words) The South Korean high speed network faces significant constraints both in terms of available seats and track capacity. Benjámin Zelki examines the steps the country is taking to ensure growth can be delivered in the future. The South Korean high…...
25 Years as a Leading Independent Supplier of Propulsion Systems
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (432+ words) The last quarter-century has transformed rail, turning trains from energy-intensive machines into high-efficiency systems that form the backbone of modern infrastructure. Advanced propulsion systems are driving this transformation by enabling operators to transport more passengers and freight while reducing energy…...
HŽPP orders more battery-electric multiple-units
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (551+ words) CROATIA: National passenger operator HŽ Putnički Prijevoz has signed contracts for the purchase of six more Končar battery-electric multiple-units and the construction of a charging station at Kotoriba. The agreements signed on July 16 are worth a total of €53.6m, and mean…...
Contract signed for construction of Adapazarı – Serdivan tramway
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (357+ words) TURKEY: Infrastructure investment agency AYGM has awarded Makyol İnşaat a contract to build a tramway serving the twin cities of Adapazarı and Serdivan. The 15.5 km double-track Y-shaped line with 19 stops will start at Sakarya Atatürk Stadyumu in the east and…...
Alpha Trains and Talbot seek a more strategic approach to rolling stock lifecycles
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (286+ words) GERMANY: Leasing company Alpha Trains and engineering company Talbot Services have announced a long-term strategic framework agreement which aims to pool train fleets and make better use of workshop capacity to provide operators with more commercially attractive options for rolling…...
Praha trams to be retrofitted with air-conditioning in Poland
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (404+ words) CZECH REPUBLIC: Polish company Enik has won one of its largest export orders, a €16.2m six-year framework agreement to supply air-conditioning units for retrofitting to up to 123 Škoda 15T ForCity trams in Praha. The trams were delivered in two batches between 2010 and…...
Railway supply industry news round-up
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (295+ words) This week’s global railway supply chain news, from Railway Gazette International. Union Pacific has received the first rails from Rocky Mountain Steel’s new $1.2bn long rail mill in Pueblo, Colorado. In April the companies agreed a seven-year contract for the domestic…...
Castex ousts head of SNCF Voyageurs to defend ‘unity’ of the state railway
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (348+ words) FRANCE: Christophe Fanichet has been dismissed as head of SNCF Voyageurs by President of the national railway group Jean Castex. Fanichet had led the passenger arm of the state railway since SNCF Voyageurs was established in 2019, but his removal marks…...
Interview: Leo Express finds its equilibrium
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (524+ words) Open access operator Leo Express has come through some stressful times to reach an era of stable growth, partly thanks to major shareholder RENFE. Chief Executive Peter Köhler explains the company’s backstory and current strategy to Toma Bačić. ‘We think…...
Tram-trains, battery traction and metro extension in €10bn Hungarian rail investment plan
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (920+ words) HUNGARY: Minister of Transport & Investment Dávid Vitézy and Prime Minister Péter Magyar have announced a national main line and urban rail investment plan to be delivered by 2035 worth no less than HF3 550bn (€9.76bn). The Gábor Baross Railway Development Plan, described as one…...