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Nightjet Paris Cancelled: Night Trains End Dec. 2025

Nightjet Paris Cancelled: Night Trains End Dec. 2025

TrainsNews September 30, 2025 0

Paris-Berlin and Paris-Vienna Nightjet services end December 14, 2025. Cause: SN...

Cairo-Alexandria Modernization: Hitachi Rail's €100M Project

Cairo-Alexandria Modernization: Hitachi Rail's €100M Pr...

TrainsNews August 22, 2025 0

Hitachi Rail completes Cairo traffic control center after €100M investment. 160 ...

European High-Speed Rail: 83% of Citizens Demand Improvements

European High-Speed Rail: 83% of Citizens Demand Improv...

TrainsNews July 25, 2025 0

83% of Europeans Demand Cross-Border High-Speed Rail Network

83% of Europeans Demand Cross-Border High-Speed Rail Ne...

TrainsNews July 11, 2025 0

New Direct Train Service Prague-Berlin-Copenhagen Launches May 2026

New Direct Train Service Prague-Berlin-Copenhagen Launc...

TrainsNews July 7, 2025 0

Alstom Transforms New Zealand's Rail Network with Advanced Traffic Management System

Alstom Transforms New Zealand's Rail Network with Advan...

TrainsNews May 6, 2025 0

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Signalling and Telecom

ProRail's Revolutionary ETCS Pilot Transforms Dutch Rail

ProRail's Revolutionary ETCS Pilot Transforms Dutch Rail

TrainsNews September 6, 2025 0

Discover ProRail's ETCS pilot project: BAM and Strukton install modern signallin...

Australia Makes ETCS Mandatory: Historic Rail Revolution 2025

Australia Makes ETCS Mandatory: Historic Rail Revolutio...

TrainsNews August 16, 2025 0

Australia mandates ETCS for all digital rail systems on NNI network. Discover th...

Adif Launches €6M FRMCS 5G Railway Pilot Project

Adif Launches €6M FRMCS 5G Railway Pilot Project

TrainsNews August 12, 2025 0

Alstom Deploys Urbalis CBTC System to Connect Singapore Airport

Alstom Deploys Urbalis CBTC System to Connect Singapore...

TrainsNews August 5, 2025 0

Hitachi Rail Deploys Advanced CBTC System for Taiwan's Xidong-Keelung MRT Project

Hitachi Rail Deploys Advanced CBTC System for Taiwan's ...

TrainsNews July 8, 2025 0

Egis Secures Major Framework Contract for Signalling Studies with SNCF Réseau

Egis Secures Major Framework Contract for Signalling St...

TrainsNews May 7, 2025 0

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Financing & Economics

SNIC Technologies ICF merger: European signaling giant

SNIC Technologies ICF merger: European signaling giant

TrainsNews September 13, 2025 0

NIC Technologies merges with ICF to create €60M European railway signaling OEM. ...

ONCF Secures €202M KfW Loan for Casablanca Rail Upgrade

ONCF Secures €202M KfW Loan for Casablanca Rail Upgrade

TrainsNews August 22, 2025 0

Morocco's ONCF lands €202M KfW funding to modernize 73km of Casablanca rail line...

Salerno-Reggio Calabria High-Speed Line: €4.4bn Investment

Salerno-Reggio Calabria High-Speed Line: €4.4bn Investment

TrainsNews August 19, 2025 0

Egypt Launches 4th Phase High-Speed Rail Project with $3 Billion Chinese Financing

Egypt Launches 4th Phase High-Speed Rail Project with $...

TrainsNews July 17, 2025 0

2025 APTA Rail Conference achieves record attendance in San Francisco

2025 APTA Rail Conference achieves record attendance in...

TrainsNews July 9, 2025 0

Global Rolling Stock Market Reaches Historic €65 Billion Peak in 2024

Global Rolling Stock Market Reaches Historic €65 Billio...

TrainsNews July 8, 2025 0

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Innovations

China 400 km/h: railway revolution in 2027

China 400 km/h: railway revolution in 2027

TrainsNews August 30, 2025 0

China to launch commercial 400 km/h trains by late 2026. Discover CR450 project ...

CRRC Unveils 600km/h Superconducting Maglev Train Prototype

CRRC Unveils 600km/h Superconducting Maglev Train Proto...

TrainsNews July 18, 2025 0

CRRC Changchun reveals 600km/h superconducting maglev train with EDS electrodyna...

First US Hydrogen Train Launches August 2025: Revolutionary Rail

First US Hydrogen Train Launches August 2025: Revolutio...

TrainsNews July 12, 2025 0

China Sets New World Record with 650 km/h Maglev Train

China Sets New World Record with 650 km/h Maglev Train

TrainsNews June 29, 2025 0

Fiber Optics and AI Revolutionize Railway Infrastructure Monitoring

Fiber Optics and AI Revolutionize Railway Infrastructur...

TrainsNews June 27, 2025 0

Adif and Renfe Revolutionize Railway Accessibility with Smart Accessibility Totems

Adif and Renfe Revolutionize Railway Accessibility with...

TrainsNews June 24, 2025 0

Maintenance and Safety

CAF Wins €450m Cairo Metro Modernization Maintenance Contracts

CAF Wins €450m Cairo Metro Modernization Maintenance Co...

TrainsNews September 20, 2025 0

Spanish manufacturer CAF signs 3 contracts with Egypt's NAT worth €450m+: Line 2...

Railway Security DAS: Drones Revolutionize Infrastructure Monitoring

Railway Security DAS: Drones Revolutionize Infrastructu...

TrainsNews July 27, 2025 0

Railway security DAS and drones transform rail infrastructure protection. Precis...

Midland Main Line: £84 Million Upgrade Successfully Completed On Schedule

Midland Main Line: £84 Million Upgrade Successfully Com...

TrainsNews June 23, 2025 0

Freight and logistics

Rail Yard Modernization: 5 Key Strategies for 2025 Success

Rail Yard Modernization: 5 Key Strategies for 2025 Success

TrainsNews July 7, 2025 0

Discover the 5 essential strategies for modernizing rail yards in 2025: infrastr...

Freightliner Strengthens Breedon Partnership: Two New 5-Year Heavy Rail Transport Contracts

Freightliner Strengthens Breedon Partnership: Two New 5...

TrainsNews July 1, 2025 0

Freightliner has significantly strengthened its long-standing partnership with B...

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Santo Domingo Monorail: 10.5km, 306,000 Passengers/Day

Santo Domingo Monorail: 10.5km, 306,000 Passengers/Day

TrainsNews October 3, 2025 0

Dominican Republic launches tender for 10.5km Santo Domingo monorail. 306,000 passengers/day, 12 stations, October 23 deadline. Se...

Blog
Nice-Monaco-Vintimiglia Metro: €4 Billion Project Divides

Nice-Monaco-Vintimiglia Metro: €4 Billion Project Divides

TrainsNews October 2, 2025 0

The €4 billion Nice-Monaco-Vintimiglia metro promises a 23-minute journey. Explore the project, supporters, opposition, and TER al...

Events
EXPO Ferroviaria 2025: Sustainable Rail Technologies

EXPO Ferroviaria 2025: Sustainable Rail Technologies

TrainsNews October 1, 2025 0

EXPO Ferroviaria 2025 in Milan: TREEN 636 kWh battery train, hydrogen, DAC. Analysis of innovations transforming railway mobility.

Passenger Transport
Nightjet Paris Cancelled: Night Trains End Dec. 2025

Nightjet Paris Cancelled: Night Trains End Dec. 2025

TrainsNews September 30, 2025 0

Paris-Berlin and Paris-Vienna Nightjet services end December 14, 2025. Cause: SNCF subsidy withdrawal (€10M). Alternatives and ref...

Africa
Alstom Secures €150M Kénitra-Settat Rail Signaling ERTMS Contract

Alstom Secures €150M Kénitra-Settat Rail Signaling ERTM...

TrainsNews September 27, 2025 0

Alstom signs €150 million contract to equip Kénitra-Settat line with ERTMS Level 1 system, preparing infrastructure for future hig...

Middle East
Riyadh Launches EOI Qiddiya High-Speed Rail 250km/h King Salman Airport PPP

Riyadh Launches EOI Qiddiya High-Speed Rail 250km/h Kin...

TrainsNews September 25, 2025 0

RCRC launches Expression of Interest for Qiddiya HSR 250km/h (EOI until Oct 12). KSIA-KAFD-Qiddiya link <30min under PPP model. Vi...

Rail News
Alstom EcoVadis Platinum Medal 2025: Record Score 93/100

Alstom EcoVadis Platinum Medal 2025: Record Score 93/100

TrainsNews September 22, 2025 0

Alstom secures its 2nd consecutive EcoVadis Platinum medal with record 93/100 score, ranking in global top 1%. Discover the 4 pill...

Maintenance and Safety
CAF Wins €450m Cairo Metro Modernization Maintenance Contracts

CAF Wins €450m Cairo Metro Modernization Maintenance Co...

TrainsNews September 20, 2025 0

Spanish manufacturer CAF signs 3 contracts with Egypt's NAT worth €450m+: Line 2 modernization and Lines 1-2 maintenance over 10 y...

Middle East
Saudi Landbridge Railway: $7 Billion Project Transforming Saudi Logistics

Saudi Landbridge Railway: $7 Billion Project Transformi...

TrainsNews September 18, 2025 0

Explore the Saudi Landbridge Railway, a $7 billion rail project featuring the Riyadh Rail Link. Complete analysis: costs, timeline...

Regional trains
RegioJet-Škoda Deal: 9 Billion CZK Investment in 34 Bi-Mode Electric Trains

RegioJet-Škoda Deal: 9 Billion CZK Investment in 34 Bi-...

TrainsNews September 16, 2025 0

Explore RegioJet's landmark 9 billion CZK investment in 34 Škoda bi-mode trains. Panter platform technology, 2029 deployment, and ...

Civil Engineering Structures
Kenitra-Marrakech High-Speed Rail: Morocco's 67 Billion Dirham Infrastructure Revolution.

Kenitra-Marrakech High-Speed Rail: Morocco's 67 Billion...

TrainsNews September 16, 2025 0

Explore Morocco's ambitious Kenitra-Marrakech LGV project worth 67 billion dirhams launched by King Mohammed VI. Progress updates,...

Financing & Economics
SNIC Technologies ICF merger: European signaling giant

SNIC Technologies ICF merger: European signaling giant

TrainsNews September 13, 2025 0

NIC Technologies merges with ICF to create €60M European railway signaling OEM. InnovaFonds consolidation, international expansion...