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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