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Banedanmark

01.05.2023

Banedanmark prepares electrification between Vejle and Skanderborg

CN - PK

01.05.2023

China-Pakistan Railway

Iraq

28.04.2023

Iraq to start construction of railway to Turkey in 2024

VTG

01.03.2023

Works of art on wheels

Interfracht's hopper cars for transporting moisture-sensitive agricultural products were beautifully painted by local artists and turned into true works of art at a street art festival in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Train collision

01.03.2023

Train collision in Greece

A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece between Athens and Thessaloniki. Four cars derailed, two of them burned down completely.
Graffiti

28.02.2023

Renfe spent 25 million euros in a year because of graffiti

In 2022, the Spanish railway company Renfe incurred a cost of 25 million euros due to graffiti vandals. It is reported by Railway Supply magazine with reference to Nakolei.
Biden

22.02.2023

Joe Biden traveled in a railcar upgraded by PESA Bydgoszcz

The railcar, which US President Joe Biden traveled from Poland to Kyiv, was modernized in 2005 at the PESA Bydgoszcz plant.
RMT

21.02.2023

RMT announces new national rail strikes

The RMT union has announced further nationwide strikes and wider action on railroads after it rejected proposals from train operators and Network Rail last week.
AFRA

21.02.2023

French railway operators unable to pay electricity bills

Electricity contracts should be subject to immediate review, French railway association AFRA says. Many freight rail operators in France are struggling with rising electricity bills that threaten their viability.
UZ

21.02.2023

In Volyn, the Kyiv-Warsaw train derailed

The train, which was moving in the direction of the Republic of Poland, crashed on the night of February 19, 2023 near the railway bridge over the Turia River.
Bitliste

20.02.2023

Wagons fell into the lake when loading a ferry in Bitlis

When loading onto a ferry in Bitlis, two wagons loaded for shipment from the Tatvan region fell into Lake Van. One wagon remained suspended.
TCDD

16.02.2023

Railways once again play an important role in evacuations

The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has evacuated about 40,000 people from the quake-hit area in southern Turkey over the past few days, the Transport and Infrastructure Ministry said on Wednesday.
Ohio

15.02.2023

Federal investigation into US chemical train derailment

Huge column of fire and smoke, evacuation of 2,000 residents, but no environmental contamination - such is the current balance of the chemical train disaster that occurred at the beginning of the month in Ohio, USA.
Python

15.02.2023

Royal python found on long-distance train

The Gliwice police received a report about a “strangely behaving parcel”. The parcel, which was going from Silesia to Szczecin, which was supposed to contain electronics, suddenly stirred and even hissed.
Kolomna

15.02.2023

Big fire in Kolomna depot

It took almost five hours to localize the fire that broke out on the territory of the former plant in Kolomna near Moscow.