BRITAIN's secretary of state for transport Mr Patrick McLoughlin has asked infrastructure manager Network Rail to carry out a new study into the reopening of the Uckfield – Lewes line in southeast England.
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has asked the Dutch Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) to clarify its position on plans being developed by the municipality of The Hague for a new open-access passenger service between The Hague and Brussels, which would compete with NS and Belgian National Railways (SNCB) services.
THE government of the Australian state of Victoria unveiled its budget for the 2013-14 financial year on May 7, pledging investment of $A 520m ($US 532m) in public transport including a programme of improvements to the rail network.
BULGARIA's interim prime minister Mr Marin Raykov and transport minister Mr Kristiyan Krastev today inaugurated the country's reconstructed rail link with Turkey, travelling over the 16.9km line from Svilengrad to the border near the village of Kapitan Andreevo.
AFTER several years of poor or mixed results, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) achieved a strong turnaround in 2012 with a return to profitability.
RAILHOLDING, the 100% owner of Austrian open-access passenger operator Westbahn has increased its capital stock by €20 million following an injection of funds from Strabag CEO Mr Peter Haselsteiner.
AFTER six months of preparatory works, construction began on April 18 on Scotland's £294m Borders Railway project, which involves rebuilding a 48km section of Edinburgh – Carlisle line between Newcraighall and Tweedbank.
CONSTRUCTION has reportedly been suspended on a 468km railway in Venezuela because the government has failed to pay the Chinese contractor for work already carried out on the project.
RAIL access to Munich Franz-Jozef Strauss International Airport is set to improve significantly after German Rail (DB) and the state of Bavaria reached an agreement to build a new connection between the airport and the Munich – Regensburg line.
US national passenger rail operator Amtrak says ridership on its services continued to increase steadily in the first half of the 2013 financial year (October 2012 – March 2013), despite the disruption to the network in the northeast caused by Hurricane Sandy last October.
