Today's Railways Europe 347: January 2025

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The January 2025 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:

Rhätische Bahn freight: The metre-gauge Rhätische Bahn plays a crucial role serving local industries in south-east Switzerland. Toma Bacic examines the RhB’s freight activities, which rely on seamless links with the road network and standard-gauge rail freight.

From Karst to coast – Slovenia’s spectacular Divaca–Koper line: The scenic single-track railway from Divaca to Koper is a busy international freight route but its days are numbered with the construction of a new line now at an advanced stage. Michael Rhodes explores the route and discovers the best locations for photography.

Mallorca’s island railway revival: From a nadir in the 1960s and '70s the railways of Mallorca have experienced a remarkable revival and are now the backbone of a modern public transport system, but the island is also rich with railway heritage as Colin Boocock discovers.

News stories this month include:

  • Storms wreak havoc in eastern Spain
  • RegioJet and LEO Express to operate Polish domestic services
  • FlixTrain to serve Warszawa
  • Thessaloniki metro opens after 18 years of construction
  • Silverstar Railways plans Venezia–Wien/München services
  • DB ICE5 tender collapses
  • GYSEV to be split into Austrian and Hungarian companies
  • SBB, RegionAlps and Thurbo unveil FLIRT Evo EMUs
  • First phase of Barcelona cross-city centre tram link opens
  • Lübeck tram revival?
  • Fire on Wien metro Line U1
  • Warszawa tramway network grows
  • Praha–Gdynia Baltic Express service launched
  • CD and ÖBB fined for anticompetitive behaviour
  • Extra funding package for Rail Baltica high speed line
  • Feasibility study for Graz S-Bahn tunnel
  • New ÖBB Stadler KISS EMU damaged beyond repair by flooding
  • Salzburg S-Bahn project cancelled
  • Ex-Dutch DM’90 DMUs enter service in Poland
  • Asbestos causes problems on older SNCF rolling stock
  • More Ouigo classic trains to Rennes
  • Railtour takes 201 Class and Mk IVs to Limerick and Killarney
  • Class 101 returns to Nürnberg–Ingolstadt–München RE1 route
  • Slow progress for Hanau–Fulda ABS/NBS route
  • Barcelona airport EMU design revealed
  • Competition coming to more Spanish high-speed lines
  • Storm Bora severs Athens–Thessaloniki main line
  • Ex-NS loco 1201 handed over to Dutch national railway museum
  • Preserved Class 55 hauls “Battle of the Bulge” railtour

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