The December 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:
80 Weeks of Dutch–German Diversions: The upgrading of the Emmerich–Oberhausen line will result in extensive diversions of international freight and passenger trains until Spring 2026. Quintus Vosman examines the project and the impact of the works on operations between the Netherlands and Germany.
Rail Centres – Düsseldorf: At the heart of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region Düsseldorf is an important rail hub with a wide variety of freight and passenger traffic. Keith Barrow discovers what the city has to offer railway enthusiasts.
Aigle – A Swiss Country Junction: As an interchange between the Simplon Railway and three narrow gauge lines, the small town of Aigle in south-west Switzerland is an important regional rail centre. Jason Sargerson explores the town’s railway network, which combines a busy main line and street-running branches with stunning scenery.
Raumbanan – 100 Years of the Dombås–Åndalsnes Line: Named Europe’s most scenic train journey by Lonely Planet in 2023, the Dombås–Åndalsnes line in Norway celebrated its centenary in September with a series of special events, as Kasper Pedersen reports.
News stories this month include:
- Fret SNCF to be split in two
- Runaway train overturns in Madrid cross-city tunnel
- BLS Lötschberg summit tunnel works completed
- Faster Brussels–Amsterdam services launched
- First DSB IC5 EMU on test at Velim
- DSB plans København–Göteborg–Oslo services
- RENFE to launch Barcelona–Toulouse services
- SBB unveils first refurbished ICN trainset
- Decarbonisation for Harzer Schmalspurbahnen?
- Ex-NS coaches move to central Europe
- Lisboa metro orders “ML24” stock from Stadler
- Trams to return to Hamburg?
- Liège tramway extensions cancelled
- Tram crashes into shop in central Oslo
- No X2000s to København until summer 2025
- SJ takes over haulage of EuroNight trains in Denmark
- ZSSK “Gorilla” farewell
- Long suspension for Oberstdorf IC services
- MOB orders six metre-gauge locos
- SNCF outshops loco BB 26005 in VSOE livery
- Koleje Dolnoslaskie DMU shortage in Poland
- Critical loco shortage and liberalisation problems in North Macedonia
- Gala?i–Bârlad line in Romania partly reopens after flood damage
- PIMK Rail Express runs first passenger train in Bulgaria
- Ex-FEVE Class 2500 DMUs still in service
- End of Trenitalia “Piano Ribassato” coaches
- Chinese battery-electric shunters authorized for Rail Cargo Hungaria
- Fatal derailment closes Nordlandsbanen in Norway
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