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January 9, 2019 | Europe

German rail market report highlights continued growth

GERMANY’s railways continued to see growth in terms of revenue and traffic during 2017 according to the latest annual Railway Market Analysis from the Federal Networks Agency (BNetzA), which was published this week.

January 9, 2019 | Europe

Arriva and ČD win Zlín regional tenders

ARRIVA has been awarded a contract to operate regional services in the Zlín area in the eastern Czech Republic, although incumbent Czech Railways (ČD) will continue to operate local trains on several routes in the region until at least 2023.

January 8, 2019 | Main line

Croatia signs 10-year passenger rail operating contract

THE Croatian government has signed a public service obligation (PSO) contract with incumbent passenger operator HŽ Putnički Prijevoz (HŽPP), which will continue to operate the bulk of the country’s passenger trains for another decade.

January 8, 2019 | Europe

NS plans contactless bank card trial

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) is preparing to trial contactless bank and credit card payments for travel on its services.

January 7, 2019 | Main line

Norway launches tenders for Oslo - Bergen operating contract

THE Norwegian Railway Directorate issued tender documents on December 21 for the Traffic Package 3 operating contract, which covers the operation of passenger services on the 483km Oslo - Bergen route.

January 7, 2019 | Main line

19 rail projects to watch in 2019

IRJ Pro market analyst Oscar Sinclair picks out the projects set to make the headlines in the year ahead

January 4, 2019 | Fleet

Mur Valley Railway seeks new trains

STYRIAN Provincial Railway (StLB) has launched a market research initiative with a view to purchasing new rolling stock for the 760mm-gauge Mur Valley Railway, which runs for 65km between Unzmarkt and Tamsweg in central Austria.

January 2, 2019 | Main line

Prorail reports better performance on Dutch network

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail says that punctuality on the network improved in 2018. More trains ran on time while the number of large disruptions to train services dropped by 11% from 627 to 558.

January 2, 2019 | Europe

Six dead in Danish train accident - updated

SIX passengers on a Danish State Railways (DSB) Aarhus - Copenhagen inter-city train were killed in the early morning of January 2 when the train was hit by an object while crossing the Great Belt fixed link between Funen and Zealand at around 07.45.

December 31, 2018 | Europe

Great Western electric operation extends west

BRITISH train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) extended electric train operation west from Swindon to Bristol Parkway and from Reading to Newbury on December 31 following the completion of electrification at 25kV ac by infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR).

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