Industry News

As part of Renfe’s Fleet Renewal Plan, 32 Media Distancia electric trains have been ordered from Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) for €190 million.

Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced that it is partnering with Metra to restore the Chicago to Rockford service that was discontinued over 40 years ago in 1981.

US national rail operator Amtrak is investing over $50 billion into modernising its network, introducing the new Amtrak Airo and Acela trains which will increase capacity up to 25%.

Between autumn 2023 and 2028 there will be a €1.1 billion upgrade on ÖBB’s Vienna S-Bahn line, which carries 250,000 passengers a day.

Over 400,000 passengers behavioural patterns have gone into shaping a new software that will enable rail operators and carriage manufacturers to optimise the use of space on their rail carriage.

South Florida’s rail operator Brightline has partnered with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet provider to become the first passenger rail service to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband within their trains.

Netskrt Systems has joined forces with BAI Communications to offer passengers what it calls, ‘a superior internet experience’ with demonstrably faster Wi-Fi designed to help rail operators cash-in on the booming in-car streaming demands of today’s rail passengers.

Passengers will benefit from 20mm thick soft cushions, comfortable seating, and intelligent circadian lighting on Alstom’s new Line 18 trains that will operate from 2026 on the Ile-de-France Metro in Paris.

Austrian national rail network operator ÖBB has ordered 27 additional Siemens Desiro ML electric trains that feature modular storage units that can carry either bicycles or skis.

Nexus, the operator of the Tyne and Wear Metro, has completed a £300m contract with Stadler to purchase 46 Class 555 full-length carriages to carry up to 550-plus passengers. The deal also includes a new depot created specifically to sustain and facilitate the new rolling stock.