The November 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:
InnoTrans 2024: The Rail Industry Looks to the Post-Diesel Age: The world's largest railway industry exhibition returned o Berlin on 24-27 September and this year the biennial event was more popular than ever, attracting nearly 180 000 visitors from around the globe. Here we present highlights from the rolling stock display, where there was a strong focus on alternative traction technologies and decarbonisation.
Conquering the Koralm: Austria's New Southern Main Line: An aspiration for nearly every century, a direct railway between Graz and Klagenfurt will become reality next year with the completion of the Koralmbahn. Roland Beier examines this huge project and its impact on the network.
Class Re 4/4 (2) Diamond Jubilee: The celebrate both the 60th anniversary of the Class 4/4(2) and its own 125th birthday, the Oensingen-Balsthal Bahn hosted and extraordinary gathering of Swiss Bo-Bo electric locomotives in mid-September. Andrew Thompson reports on this hugely successful event, which was supported by numerous train operators and preservation societies.
News stories this month include:
- Storm Boris unleashes devastation across central Europe
- Severe flooding hits Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Stadler multi-system locos for SBB Cargo
- Proxima orders TGV M
- Direct Paris-Berlin ICEs from December
- D-Ticket survives into 2025 with price increase
- Norwegian passenger operators to merge
- Draisy lightweight railcar design revealed
- Kobenhavn light rail to open in two phases
- Metropolis trains delivered to Bucuresti
- New ÖBB Nightjet sets to Roma
- Launch of Estonia-Latvia service delayed until 2025
- VR green for ex-MTR Express FLIRTs
- Intercity diesel "drags" in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Tens of thousands attend 'Tag der Schiene' events in Germany
- Grand Est reveals new EDMUs for services to Germany
- Rail Force One acquires V100
- Ex-British and Romanian electrics under overhaul
- New EAV EMUs enter service in Campania
- MAV-Start trials ex-SNCF 'Astride' locos in Hungary
- First MLW in Captrain livery in Portugal
- Danish Lokaltog BEMU contract signed
- Coradia Stream on public display in Bucuresti
- TGV 16 visits Brittany
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