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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ITALY: The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport reached an agreement on June 5 to provide the remaining €589m to fund the planned 12.6 km extension of Milano’s metro Line ...

GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has secured a maintenance contract running for up to 30 years for 61 Mireo Plus B battery trains to be used on the Netz Nordwestfalen regional network. The Siemens-built ...

First line opened 1880, electric operation from 1897. See Linz network map. Four-route city tramway largely on reserved track; also operates a mountain route, the Pöstlingbergbahn (3 km, height 535 m) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...