EUROPE: Supra-national rolling stock financing body Eurofima has revised its long-term business strategy to target the urban ...

USA: Investment firm Ridgewood Infrastructure has acquired a controlling interest in Californian shortline Sierra Railroad Co and its Railpower subsidiary which developed and operates a hydrogen fuel ...

ITALY: Competition authority AGCM has upheld a complaint against infrastructure manager RFI, finding that its procedures for allocating capacity on high speed lines were hindering new operators' ...

EUROPE: The difficulty in arranging short term paths for cross-border rail traffic is putting rail's role in military ...

ITALY: Roma operator ATAC has signed a contract with CAF for the supply of 20 more trams, while the first car from an earlier order arrived in the capital on March 6.

Poland is launching the largest railway expansion programme in its history through the Port Polska initiative, a transformative effort to reshape national mobility and strengthen connections between ...

UK: The National Audit Office has made an assessment of the Depatment for Transport's progress in establishing the Northern Powerhouse Rail programme.

UK: The fuel cell-powered HydroShunter prototype developed by Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions has made its first public run under hydrogen power at the Severn Valley Railway.

SWEDEN: Göteborg's tram operator undertook 'ecodriving' trials during December and January which demonstrated average savings of 1·2 kWh/km.

SLOVENIA: Rail infrastructure manager SŽ-Infrastruktura has awarded Tesmec Rail two contracts totalling €71m for the supply ...

UK: The latest round of the Future Labs innovation programme is seeking proposals to address four challenges faced by train ...

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