The February 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:
Finland’s “Siberian Wolves”: The Soviet-built Class Sr1 Bo-Bos were Finland’s first main line electric locos, many of which have notched up more than 50 years of freight and passenger service. Keith Barrow charts the history of these locos, some of which now look set to remain in traffic into the 2030s.
Return to Broc – A Swiss Branch Line Transformed: Three years after his article on the railways of Gruyère, Andrew Thompson revisits the short but scenic Bulle–Broc branch, which has been rebuilt from metre to standard gauge.
Latvia’s Rail Freight Crisis: Rail freight volumes in Latvia have fallen drastically as transit traffic from Russia and Belarus has been decimated by sanctions. Jonathan Bray discovers how one private freight operator is responding to the crisis.
News stories this month include:
- First Berlin–Paris ICE
- Brussels–Paris Ouigo services launched
- Belgium–Netherlands services doubled
- ETCS goes live on Czech main lines
- ÖBB to buy KISS EMUs from DB
- More hydrogen train troubles in Germany
- Section of Tauern Tunnel collapses during upgrading
- Arriva and RegioJet take over Czech services
- UK rail regulator orders cuts to HS1 access charges
- 37 new Citadis trams for Paris Line T1
- Naumburg tramway secure until 2029
- ÖBB Nightjet stock changes in April
- Marchegg–Bratislava reopening delayed
- Swiss metre gauge railways order new locos from Stadler
- CD Class 150.2 and 151 farewell
- Plan V EMU returns to service on Amersfoort–Ede-Wageningen line
- VIKING-Rail in Denmark futureproofs ex-CFL Class 1800s
- DMU swaps as ÖBB returns Class 642 Desiros to DB Regio
- SNCB withdraws last AM66–79 EMUs
- Greater Paris fares system simplified
- Christmas Day IT failure halts Norwegian rail network
- Arenaways takes over Cuneo–Savigliano services
- Regio S-Bahn for Würzburg
- Mannheim–Frankfurt reopens
- Spanish hydrogen train project completed
- Swedish steam loco C7 1774 and Bulgarian loco 46.03 return to main line service
- Ex-FS steam loco plinthed at luxury resort
- Hedelands Veteranbane hosts international Feldbahn meeting
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