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February 19, 2024 | Financial

Adif tenders catenary maintenance contract

Three-year contract worth €328.4m covers preventative and corrective maintenance.

February 13, 2024 | Infrastructure

Electrification plans for south German Regio S-Bahn network agreed

The states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg agree to electrify lines and improve passenger services around Ulm.

January 16, 2024 | Track

Work starts on Romanian mainline upgrade

A 37km section of the line linking Cluj Napoca with the Hungarian border will be closed for two years.

January 11, 2024 | Infrastructure

German-Polish cross-border electrification proceeds

A 1km section of line from the Polish border to the German town of Görlitz will be energised at 3kV dc.

December 21, 2023 | Infrastructure

Adif completes electrification of main line in Extremadura

Electrification between Plasencia and Badajoz has been completed.

November 30, 2023 | Infrastructure

Tender launched for German main line electrification planning

Electrification of one of Germany’s few remaining diesel-operated main lines is moving forward.

November 29, 2023 | Policy

Britain launches first blueprint for a sustainable railway

The Sustainable Rail Blueprint contains targets for the coming decades.

October 25, 2023 | Infrastructure

Swietelsky wins Maas Line upgrade contract

Electrification and partial track-doubling now due to be completed in 2027 after much delay.

October 13, 2023 | Locomotives

Converting diesel locomotives to sustainable fuels

Ireland is the latest country to board the hydrogen development train after Irish Rail (IÉ) agreed a project with Latvia’s Digas Group to retrofit a class 071 locomotive last month. Digas’ head of business development, Robert Strods, explains the intricacies of the project and the Latvian company’s wider work on sustainable traction to Kevin Smith.

October 9, 2023 | Freight

The long road to decarbonisation

The heavy-haul rail industry has long been dominated by diesel. But the sector is now exploring new alternatives, as David Burroughs reports from the International Heavy Haul Association conference in Rio de Janeiro.

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