Greece: New alignment opens with the longest railway tunnel in the Balkans

From Railway Gazette; February 12, 2018 GREECE: The first train ran on the recently-completed 54 km Tithorea – Lianokladi line…

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UK: Diesel is dying – let steam trains ride to the rescue

By Simon Jenkins, The Guardian; February 12, 2018 New ministers always go a little mad in the early days of…

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Ryanair on rails? Spain’s high-speed AVE train tries a low-cost formula

By Ramón Muñoz, El Pais; February 9  2018 Spain’s state railway company, Renfe, is experimenting with low-cost formulas that mirror…

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UK: Virgin East Coast is close to financial collapse

From The Economist; February 8, 2018 THE East Coast mainline is Britain’s most scenic long-distance railway. Connecting London to Edinburgh…

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Eurostar to finally launch first London-Amsterdam direct train service in April

By Simon Calder, Travel Correspondent, The Independent; February 9, 2018 London-Amsterdam direct by train in three hours 41 minutes –…

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Irish Rail ordered to pay €16,000 for false imprisonment of passenger

From The Journal.ie; January 31, 2018 IRISH RAIL WAS guilty of having made “unwarranted slurs” in court against a 26-year-old…

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Why It’s So Expensive to Build Urban Rail in the U.S.

By Alon Levy, CityLab; January 26, 2018 In late December, The New York Times published a bombshell article by Brian…

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UK: 7,000 new train carriages `will transform journeys´

By Press Association, Daily Mail; January 29, 2018 More than 7,000 new train carriages are being introduced to Britain’s railways,…

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At least three dead after commuter train derails near Milan, Italy

By Emilio Parodi and Francesca Landini, Reuters; January 25, 2018 SEGGIANO DI PIOLTELLO, Italy (Reuters) – At least three people…

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Bombardier Rail Chief Sees 10% Sales Growth Extending Into 2018

By Frederic Tomesco, Bloomberg; January 23, 2018 Bombardier Inc. expects to see another year of 10 percent sales growth from…

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Britain’s biggest rail franchise gives poor value for money, says government watchdog

By Mark Ellis, Mirror; January 10, 2018 Britain’s biggest rail franchise has been branded the worst service over the last…

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UK: Passengers baffled after Stansted Express train ‘kills cow’

By Eleanor Rose, Evening Standard; January 12, 2018 Travellers were left baffled after their Stansted Express service ploughed into a…

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UK: Virgin Trains stops selling Daily Mail newspaper on trains

By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press, Tri-City Herald; January 9, 2018 LONDON – Virgin Trains and the Daily Mail are sparring…

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Dutch rail claims improved on time performance, reduced crowding

By Janene Pieters, NLTimes.nl; December 29, 2017 So far the new NS timetable seems to have had positive consequences for…

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UK: Reversing the 1960s Beeching rail cuts will help tackle the housing crisis, says Chris Grayling

By Christopher Hope, Chief Political Correspondent, The Telegraph; December 14, 2017 Plans to reopen rail lines by reversing the Beeching…

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Record number of passengers through Switzerland’s Gotthard rail tunnel

By Luigi Jorio, Swissinfo.ch; December 11, 2017 It has been one year since the first trains started using the Gotthard…

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Russian Train Passengers Need Consent to Share Bottom Bunk

From The Moscow Times; December 11, 2017 Russian train passengers who purchase tickets for top bunks can only sit on…

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German high-speed train breaks down on return from Berlin-Munich maiden voyage

By Alistair Walsh, Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2017 A train traveling on the brand new high-speed rail link between Munich…

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Righting wrong signals: learning from London’s Waterloo Station

By Ross Davies, Railway Technology; December 4, 2017 Hell hath no fury like a stranded commuter. Mark Carne, chairman of…

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Japan’s entry into Britain’s rail franchising

From Global Rail News; December 8, 2017 After 10 years of running the West Midlands franchise, London Midland will step…

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UK: The end of the quiet carriage? Train operator asks passengers to decide

By Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph; December 5, 2017 It is a place of solitude for travellers seeking respite from rush…

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UK: New rail destinations for commuters to begin next spring from Cambridgeshire to London

From ITV News; December 4, 2017 For decades rail users travelling south from Cambridge and Peterborough have found Kings Cross…

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Switzerland: Twindexx fleet to enter service in 2018

From Railway Gazette; November 30, 2017 SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways confirmed on November 30 that it will launch the first…

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UK rail routes axed under 1960s Beeching cuts could reopen to ease overcrowding

By Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph; November 29, 2017 Rail lines closed during the notorious Beeching cuts of the 1960s could…

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