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[passenger] DSB shows Talgo driver’s cab

Simon Wijnakker — Tue, 06 May 2025 09:15:50 +0000

It’s always nice when you can put a face to the subject of your story. That’s exactly what we can do with this article.

Hydrogen for FCE / Euro9000 tests in Italy / Xload-Vectrons for ÖBB / CTV / SBB Lidl / Trenitalia

Lorenzo Pallotta — Sat, 03 May 2025 13:49:43 +0000

[passenger] Ferrovia Circumetnea goes hydrogen

The Sicilian company Ferrovia Circumetnea has announced a European tender for the supply and commissioning of fifteen hydrogen-powered trains, marking a significant step toward sustainable rail transport.

ZSSK / Northrail / ROG / Rheincargo / BDZ / TCS / Avanti West Coast

Simon Wijnakker — Thu, 01 May 2025 18:11:51 +0000

[passenger] ZSSK picks Stadler KISS EMUs for high-capacity regional service

Swiss manufacturer Stadler Rail has won the tender for the supply of four “high-capacity EMUs”, which ZSSK announced at the beginning of this year.

[passenger] ÖBB modernizes its original Railjet fleet

Lorenzo Pallotta — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:44:57 +0000

The Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB is currently renewing its Railjets. After more than 15 years in service, the existing Railjet fleet has reached the halfway point of its planned 30-year lifecycle.

[passenger] New ENORM contract for DB Regio

Simon Wijnakker — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:28:56 +0000

Brandenburg/Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt: Tender “Elektronetz Nord Magdeburg” (ENORM)

The state of Saxony-Anhalt, represented by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Digital Affairs through Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH, the Regional Association Greater Braunschweig, the Lower Saxony Local Transport Company (Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen mbH), and the state of Brandenburg, represented by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning, have launched the tender procedure for rail passenger transport services in the “Elektronetz Nord Magdeburg” (ENORM) in the Official Journal of the European Union (130906-2024).

[passenger] Bavaria: All diesel trains will be eliminated

Simon Wijnakker — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:36:02 +0000

On February 25, 2025, the Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Building, and Transport announced plans to eliminate diesel operations in rail passenger transport across Bavarian Swabia and western Upper Bavaria.

[FREE / passenger] Revitalizing rail: Romania’s blue revolution

Simon Wijnakker — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:06 +0000

Clear blue sky, clear blue locomotives, clear blue carriages. On February 11, 2025, CFR Călători, the national railways of Romania, presented the first results of a comprehensive project financed by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Lei 1.15 billion) and the EU National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Lei 590 million, PNRR, Pillar 1/C4/I2).

[passenger] TET in the night – New locomotives and night trains for France

Simon Wijnakker — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:53:48 +0000

On February 14, 2025, the French Ministry of Territorial Planning and Decentralization (MATD), through the Directorate General for Infrastructure, Transport, and Mobility (DGITM), issued a tender notice for the leasing of railway rolling stock to be allocated to the operator of the Night Trains of Territorial Balance (TET de nuit).

[passenger] Nightjet double-deck sleeper cars, the end?

Lorenzo Pallotta — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:12:31 +0000

Starting April 7, 2025, the latest generation of Nightjet trains (‘DANI’) will begin operating on the NJ 420/40490 and NJ 421/40421 relations, connecting Innsbruck and Wien to Amsterdam.

[passenger] Nightjet to Rome: From grand launch to persistent challenges

Lorenzo Pallotta — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:42:25 +0000

A train service that started with great excitement struggles with constant delays, cancellations, and route changes. This is the current and likely future state of the Nightjet service between Vienna and Rome — and possibly even the Railjet.