High Speed Rail

The cross-border TGV service between Frankfurt and Marseille is celebrating its first birthday. Around 150,000 passengers have used the joint DB/SNCF high-speed service since it was launched on March 23, 2012. "This exceeded our expectations by far," said Ulrich Homburg, chief...

The authority behind California's proposed high-speed rail network has reached an agreement with the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (JPB) which will see track between San Francisco and San Jose readied for high-speed services. Work can now be carried out...

Eurostar's new-look website will "transform and speed up" ticket booking when it is launched tomorrow, the operator has said. The redesign will significantly reduce the number of steps required to buy a ticket, cutting the time it takes to book...

The High Court has ruled in favour of the Government, backing its proposed high-speed rail project between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. Out of 10 areas challenged by opposition campaigners, the government received backing in nine, losing out only in...

Andy Ridout, managing director of specialist railway recruitment company advance-TRS, has backed HS2. Recent government undertakings to extend High Speed 2 through to Manchester and Leeds mean the need for skilled railway engineers will become more urgent. Traditionally short-term contracts and stop-start investment cycles have seen training and recruitment suffer. That’s all changing now as [...]

Bombardier has delivered a new E464 locomotive to Italian operator Trenitalia from its manufacturing site in Vado Ligure. Italy now has 688 E464 locomotives operating across 14 regions, including Tuscany, Lombardy and Lazio, making it the largest single vehicle-type fleet...

Adif has started work on the deck of a new viaduct over the Almonte river which will form part of the Madrid-Extremadura high-speed line. The viaduct will be just short of a kilometre in length once completed and is being...

Any doubts that the Coalition Government had wavered in its support for HS2 were dispelled at the end of January. Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, announced the line would be built through to Leeds and Manchester from Birmingham. After the necessary public consultation the final route will be decided on by the end [...]

Indian Railways Minister Pawan Bansal once again stressed his desire to see high-speed rail projects get underway in the country while speaking at the International Seminar on High Speed Trains in New Delhi. Bansal said: “The rapid urbanisation, growing economy,...

Indian Railways Minister Pawan Bansal once again stressed his desire to see high-speed rail projects get underway in the country while speaking at the International Seminar on High Speed Trains in New Delhi. Bansal said: “The rapid urbanisation, growing economy,...