Beschrijving
The July 2024 issue of Today’s Railways Europe contains all the latest railway news from mainland Europe, plus our regular features and a selection of interesting and informative articles. Brought to you by our team of informed correspondents based throughout the European continent.
Feature articles this month include:
Revising the Trans-European Network: Upgrading International Links for a Changing Continent: Following the recent revision of the Trans-European Transport Network, Toma Bacic looks at the changes to the programme and contemplates the challenges facing the development of high-quality international raik corridors in Europe.
Rail Centres: Bischofshofen: Keith Barrow visits this busy Austrian junction, which combined impressive alpine scenery with intensive freight and passenger activity.
Sicily’s Ring of Fire: Narrow Gauge Around Mount Etna: Running for over 100 km around the slopes of one of Europe’s tallest volcanoes, the Ferrovia Circumetnea runs through a variety of landscapes from lava fields to pistachio plantations. Toma Bacic explores this spectacular 950 mm gauge railway.
Ohsabanan: A 600 mm Gauge Pearl in South-Eastern Sweden: Philip Groves visits the former industrial line from Bor to Ohs, which has developed into a successful heritage railway since its acquisition by preservationists in 1970.
News stories this month include:
- Eurostar to buy up to 50 new trains
- Alstom to refurbish Shuttle locos?
- RENFE Avril high-speed trains enter service
- RegioJet orders RegioPanter EMUs from Skoda
- Norway’s Dovrebanen reopens as through route
- Midnight Trains calls it a day
- September delivery for first Irish Rail BEMU
- Akiem opens its own depot
- New FLIRT Evo EMUs for Switzerland-France services
- Rail Cargo Carrier acquires Captrain Netherlands
- Construction begins on Latvian section of Rail Baltica
- Liberec-Jablonec interurban tramway reopens
- Roma Hitachi metro train design revealed
- DB Class 408 authorised in Netherlands and Belgium
- Ventus EMUs to Neusiedl
- ICE2 withdrawals begin in Germany
- Major delays for SNCF’s Oxygene EMUs
- CD RegioPanters enter service in Praha
- Stadler and ÖBB present Servicejet
- First ex-DB IC1 coaches delivered to Bulgaria
- New Alstom EMU depot completed in Romania
- Derailment closes Norway’s Sorlandsbanen
- Plans unveiled for new Lisboa airport and rail link
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