CROSS-BORDER train services between the Dutch city of Groningen and the German town of Leer partially restarted on October 30 after both Dutch and German infrastructure managers Prorail and DB Networks implemented signalling modifications.

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) confirmed that Federal Passenger Company will introduce variable-gauge Talgo trains on Moscow - Berlin overnight services on December 17, when journey times between the Russian and German capitals will be reduced by around four-and-a-half hours.

A new contract for the operation of regional services in the region around Rome was signed on October 28 by the president of the region of Lazio Mr Nicola Zingareti and Trenitalia CEO Mrs Barbara Morgante.

SAD Local Transport, which operates train services partly in cooperation with Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) in the Bolzano area, invites tenders by October 31 for seven tri-voltage EMUs.

BRITISH franchisee Virgin Trains has launched an app to make it easier for passengers to find their way around stations as well as locate friends and translate signs into their own language.

THE governor of Riyadh Prince Faisal bin Bandar says that passenger services on the southern section of Saudi Railway Company’s (SAR) North-South Railway from Riyadh to Al-Mujamma'ah will begin at the start of 2017.

PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has officially launched the construction of the 120km Phase 2A of the 489km standard-gauge railway linking Mombasa with the Ugandan border.

RDC Deutschland finally began operation of its new Autozug Sylt car-carrying service from Niebüll to Westerland on the island of Sylt on October 18.

THE Transport Committee of Britain’s House of Commons wants the Department for Transport to “get a grip” on monitoring and enforcing the troubled Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise the performance of which is described as “woeful.”