Throughout November, Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) transported 14 million tons of cargo, a 33.8% increase compared to the same period last year, the Infrastructure Ministry reported on Dec. 7.
Pre-construction studies to build the interoceanic rail corridor in Honduras will be carried out in 2024, according to the government. The assistant to the president, Héctor Zelaya, said the plans are being updated as the project has been in limbo for several years....
Just caught two of these weird, supposedly experimental “composite” reefer cars while on a trip with mrs. PrimeMover. I haven’t been able to dig up much info on them yet, heck I didn’t know of their existence before today. But they’re too cool to not share!
NETHERLANDS: A Swiss firm has been commissioned to assist with finding a way of enabling Eurostar services to continue to run during a major refurbishment of Amsterdam Centraal station. The planned works mean that areas of the station which Eurostar uses to undertake the border and ...
To participate, passengers need to download an app before travel to scan their identity document and verify their face and ticket.
Amtrak's Hiawatha and Empire Builder will soon be joined by the TCMC and maybe, eventually, others in Milwaukee.
NS president Wouter Koolmees hopes that from 2026 a rush-hour charge will apply to train tickets on busy routes, he said in an interview with de Volkskrant. However, Koolmees did not say how much more expensive the tickets should be. "We are still at the beginning of the discussion, also with politics.".
The 4.8% rise excludes season and flexi tickets – these will remain frozen at current prices.
I can't say for certain, as I'm terrible at identifying locomotives! But I'm pretty sure this is an MLW RS-10. Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company (Alco), and produced locomotives primarily for the Canadian market. MLW operated from 1883 to 1985, before being sold to Bombadier...
The DT-6-6-2000 was Baldwin's offering for a diesel electric transfer switcher, initially powered by dual 606SC prime movers. This locomotive was mostly used by the EJ&E with them purchasing 27 of the 46 total built. These locomotives endured various rebuilds throughout their life with most being repowered with 567C prime...
Germany’s new 49-euro ticket, also known as the Deutschland ticket has 10 million users in its first month alone. The ticket is valid for all public transport including regional trans and is a social,..
Traveling in and around Zuid-Holland could be especially difficult this weekend. No trains will be running to or from Rotterdam Central Station, boat parades are expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to the province, all while construction has kept the Haringvliet Bridge closed for the past two weeks.
A train derailed in Stillwater County, Montana, just east of Big Timber, according to the Stillwater County Department of Emergency Services. The derailment occurred at about about 6 a.m., when the railway bridge spanning the Yellowstone River collapsed, officials stated in a Facebook post on Saturday morning. “The bridge...
Utah transportation officials unveiled plans to state lawmakers Wednesday that call for evaluating the idea of a Boise-Las Vegas rail service that could stop in Salt Lake City.
State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen will make another "ultimate attempt" to counteract the months-long disruption of the train connection between Amsterdam and London, according to her letter to the Tweede Kamer. On Wednesday, the State Secretary had already made an "ultimate attempt", but it failed. Heijnen visited Amsterdam...
Some 34 countries have high-speed rail or are about to get it. But in the decades since it was first proposed for Australia, no local plan for high-speed rail has got further than the drawing board, writes Philip Laird.
