EUROPE: The proposed EU passenger rights package aims to simplify rail travel, but campaign group Transport & Environment has warned that the changes ‘barely make any improvement’ for longer ...

As well as expanding services domestically and putting more high speed trains in service, South Korea’s national operator is working on securing more contracts internationally. Kim Taeseung, newly ...

GERMANY: An order is to be signed for a consortium of Siemens Mobility and Stadler to supply trains for the Berlin S-Bahn’s Stadtbahn and North-South routes, after Alstom dropped a challenge to the ...

SWEDEN: Škoda Group has been selected to supply trams for the tramway which is being developed in the university city of Uppsala. The contract announced on June 30 includes a firm order for an initial ...

HUNGARY: Newly appointed Minister of Transport & Investment Dávid Vitézy signed a document on July 25 approving restoration of passenger services on two regional lines where trains had been suspended ...

MEXICO: Hitachi Rail has signed a €168m contract to supply railway systems for the 396 km passenger rail corridor linking Saltillo with Nuevo Laredo on the US border. As part of the Mexican government ...

TURKEY: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the final section of Istanbul metro Line M11 on June 19, with passenger services beginning the following day. Travel is free until July 31. The 17.5 ...

Ontario’s Northlander passenger train is returning after a 14-year absence. An overnight service is set to start running later this year, following the purchase of three trainsets and strategic ...

USA: Seattle area operator Sound Transit has begun putting into service 11 double-deck coaches supplied by Alstom for its Sounder commuter rail services. ‘From creature comforts to improved visibility ...

FINLAND: National passenger operator VR and Stadler have unveiled a newly delivered Sm7 trainset at Helsinki station ahead of its planned entry into service later this summer. Based on Stadler’s ...

POLAND: A Škoda ForCity Plus 52T tram being supplied for use in the Czech capital has been presented in Wrocław ahead of the city’s light rail fleet renewal plans being confirmed. The tram was ...

CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of 23 electric multiple-units that Škoda Group is supplying for RegioJet to use in the Ústí nad Labem region was presented on June 12. RegioJet awarded Škoda Group a KC3·5bn ...