EUROPE: The proposed EU passenger rights package aims to simplify rail travel, but campaign group Transport & Environment has warned that the changes ‘barely make any improvement’ for longer ...

As well as expanding services domestically and putting more high speed trains in service, South Korea’s national operator is working on securing more contracts internationally. Kim Taeseung, newly ...

JAPAN: West Japan Railway has unveiled its latest diesel locomotive design intended to power maintenance trains and undertake shunting operations, as well as supporting the railway’s tourist train ...

GERMANY: An order is to be signed for a consortium of Siemens Mobility and Stadler to supply trains for the Berlin S-Bahn’s Stadtbahn and North-South routes, after Alstom dropped a challenge to the ...

SWEDEN: Škoda Group has been selected to supply trams for the tramway which is being developed in the university city of Uppsala. The contract announced on June 30 includes a firm order for an initial ...