Abellio Greater Anglia is the first British franchise to embark on complete replacement of its train fleet as part of its growth strategy to fund premium payments to the British government of £3.7bn during its nine-year term. Greater Anglia’s managing director Jamie Burles tells David Briginshaw about the operator’s plans to meet these ambitious goals.

THE Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure has fined both Netherlands Railways (NS) and Prorail for failing to meet contractually-agreed performance levels.

THE first CAF New Generation Sprinter (SNG) EMU for Netherlands Railways (NS) began dynamic testing at the VUZ Velim test centre in the Czech Republic on April 5.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) will reduce intervals between inter-city services on one of its busiest routes to just 10 minutes from December after giving the final go-ahead for the introduction of a high-frequency timetable on the Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven corridor.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) confirmed on March 16 that the first New Generation Sprinter (SNG) EMU has left CAF’s plant at Beasain in northern Spain.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) and Prorail have successfully completed a joint research initiative that looked at the use of smartwatches by conductors, with the aim of increasing punctual departures.

THE Dutch court for social economic law has ruled that the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure's decision to award a direct concession to Netherlands Railways (NS) to operate HSL-South was legal.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) reported an increased turnover of €5.1bn (2.4%) in its annual report for 2016 which was released on February 28.

Known to many as the headquarters of Netherlands Railways (NS) and a major hub in the Dutch railway network, the city of Utrecht is expanding and enhancing its light rail system. Keith Barrow reports from the Netherlands’ fourth-largest city on how extension of the network to the east will bring a massive capacity boost to a congested public transport corridor.

Abellio Germany has steadily become one of the leading players in Germany’s regional concessions market both in securing operating contracts and pushing for greater transparency and competition, as CEO Stephan Krenz explains to Kevin Smith.