Tag: railway
the railway giant’s debt reduction plan to emerge from the crisis – L’Express
The objective is clear: to reassure investors before the company collapses on the stock market. The world’s second largest railway manufacturer, the French group Alstom, has just announced a cost…
The Railway Museum is disappointed with the suspension of train traffic, but according to ProRail the risk is too great
“The previous incidents always occurred in the autumn, the period of the first leaf fall. These were always examined separately, the track was cleaned and that was the problem. Because…
No trains to the Utrecht Railway Museum, ProRail cannot guarantee safety
That is why Prorail cannot guarantee safe driving. The problems are caused by dirt and leaves on the rails. Trains cannot then be detected properly, even if a train is…
The last unguarded level crossing in the province of Utrecht will receive railway barriers
Another unguarded level crossing, about 200 meters away, will be closed. Some farmers with tractors and other vehicles still cross the rails at an old dairy factory. This level crossing…
an NGO denounces a lack of transparency on the environmental impact of a railway project
In Guinea, Action Mines denounces a lack of transparency in railway projects linked to the giant iron deposit of Simandou, in the south-east of the country. The NGO affirms that…
Locomotive from Utrecht Railway Museum is being recreated (and it does go like a train)
Ronald Smits lay under the locomotive and sat on top of it. He made drawings and looked up everything he could find about the locomotive. Smits is chairman of Nienoord…
Book sale to boost railway museum plan
The next step in raising funds for the restoration, preservation and relocation of the historic Mt. Pleasant Lake Erie and Northern rail station will be a big book sale. The…
Fewer died on the railway
Eight people died and eight were seriously injured in accidents on the railway in 2022. The year before, 14 people died and four were seriously injured. The number of suicides,…
Alarm about two knife cuts at the railway station in Eslöv
The police have been alerted that two people have been stabbed at the railway station in Eslöv, according to information given to TV4 Nyheterna.– We are on site now and…
What are the stones placed on the railway tracks used for? It’s not to look pretty
The stones placed along the tracks have several specific functions. But we do not find them along the TGV and that too has a reason! Anyone living near a train…