NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbanverket and its Swedish counterpart Trafikverket have agreed to work together to increase capacity on the Oslo - Gothenburg line following the completion of a joint study into options for future development of the route.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has announced plans to launch a new Frankfurt - Milan service next year in cooperation with both Trenitalia and German Rail (DB).
A long-term plan to reduce journey times between Denmark's principal towns and cities to one hour appears to have fallen victim to the decline in oil prices.
THE Gotthard Base Tunnel was inaugurated by the president of the Swiss Federation Mr Johann Schneider-Ammann and federal transport minister Mrs Doris Leuthard on June 1 with simultaneous ceremonies at the northern and southern portals of the world's longest main line railway tunnel.
MR Oleg Valinskiy, vice-president of Russian Railway (RZD), says that RZD will complete the modernisation of the 1067mm-gauge railway on Sakhalin island and its conversion to 1520mm gauge in 2018.
FEMERN, the organisation responsible for constructing the 18km Fehmarn Belt road-rail tunnel between Rødby, Denmark, and Puttgarden, Germany, has signed four major construction contracts worth almost DKr 30bn ($US 4.5bn) to two consortia.
SWEDISH infrastructure manager Trafikverket has launched a consultation on three options being considered for the future funding and operation of overnight trains from Stockholm to northern Sweden following the completion of a study into the economics of the services.
TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) has appointed Mr Isa Apaydin chairman of the board and director-general, succeeding the former director general Mr Ömer Yildiz.
CONTROL of almost all railway stations in the Czech Republic will pass to infrastructure manager SŽDC by August 1 after the steering committee of Czech Railways (ČD) approved the transfer on May 25.
FOLLOWING an investigation by the Bundeskartellamt, Germany's federal competition authority, German Rail (DB) has agreed to make what the Bundeskartellamt describes as "far-reaching changes to the sale of passenger tickets," with the aim of curbing discrimination against DB's competitors.
