With new locomotives and EMUs set to revitalise its dilapidated fleet, Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa is starting to overcome decades of underinvestment. Yet more is required to meet the needs of a growing and increasingly urban population, as group CEO Lucky Montana reveals in an exclusive interview with Paul Ash.
Russian suburban services are struggling to achieve what was hoped when the railway market was reformed in Russia in 2001. Vladimir Savchuk, deputy director general of Russia's Institute of Natural Monopolies Research (IPEM), considers what is holding these suburban operations back and explains how a new round of regulatory changes could halt their decline.
HZ Passenger, Croatia's sole passenger operator, is modernising its operations in preparation for the opening of the domestic market to competition in 2019, as CEO Dražen Ratković explains to Marco Chiandoni.
Hitachi Rail Europe will show mock-ups of two new multiple units for the European market at InnoTrans: the AT100 metro train and the AT200 regional train. David Briginshaw, got a sneak preview of the new designs.
An electrified commuter rail network is set to begin operating in Auckland in May 2014. Richard Worrall profiles the project's three main elements and considers the impact on the area's public transport.
Czech open-access operator, Leo Express, is aiming to begin operations on the Prague - Ostrava line this month. Chairman of the board Leoš Novotny outlined his vision for the company to Kevin Smith at InnoTrans.
GERMAN Rail (DB)and private German passenger operators are establishing framework contracts with chosen suppliers ahead of future regional passenger rolling stock tenders.
