NEW figures released by Trenitalia show ridership on the operator's Freccia high-speed services increased 6.5% last year to reach a record 38.9 million passengers, despite the launch of NTV's competing Italo services.
EUROTUNNEL's attempts to further develop railfreight services through the Channel Tunnel continued this weekend with the successful test of a Siemens Vectron locomotive.
THE inaugural passenger services with Desiro Rus emus built by Siemens for Russian Railways (RZD) commenced on Wednesday following a ceremony at Moscow Station in St Petersburg.
TENDERS for the construction of a 680km high-speed line between Bangkok and Chiang Mai could be launched as soon as September with the aim of completing the first section of the line by the end of the decade.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) will today carry its 2 billionth TGV passenger since the first high-speed line opened in 1981, which it describes as a "real popular success and a European record."
US Class 1 railway CSX says it plans to invest around $2.3 bn in its business in 2013 supporting initiatives to help meet long-term demand for railfreight, improve customer service and support the company's plans for long-term growth.
TURKMENISTAN's president Mr Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a number of documents on January 17 that will enable its domestic railway to complete construction of a new north-south railway from Gyzlgaya to Bereket and Ertek following the failure by Iranian contractor Pars Energy to complete work on the Bereket - Etrek section on time.
BELARUSSIAN Railways (BC), in partnership with Russian Railways (RZD), has launched a pilot project to trial paperless processing of some cross-border railfreight services between the two countries.
A tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed in Yerevan on January 24 concerning the construction of the Southern Armenia Railway, which will form part of a new north-south corridor linking the Black Sea and the Persian Gulf.
DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark has commissioned Siemens to equip 840 rail vehicles with GSM-R technology in an order worth €20m.
