The March 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:
After the Flood: Rebuilding the Ahrtalbahn: The catastrophic flood that struck the Ahr valley in western Germany in July 2021 almost completely destroyed the line between Walporzheim and Ahrbruck. Keith Barrow examines the four-year project to rebuild this scenic railway.
Heart Surgery for the Wien S-Bahn: Used by up to 700 trains a day, Wien's cross-city trunk line is the busies railway in Austria. With work now underway on a four-year project to upgrade the route, Roland Beier examines how the Stammstrecke is being made fit for the future.
Endangered Species: SZ Class 363: With their French 'Nez Casse' body styling, the Class 363 electrics have been a distinctive feature of the Slovenian railway sene for nearly half a century. As tendering begins for new locos to replace them, Toma Bacic looks back on the careers of the 'Brizita'.
Winter in Western Ukraine: Richard Hagues presents a selection of his images taken in Lviv and the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine in January 2024.
Sursee-Triengen Bahn: A Non-Electrified Swiss Byway: Andrew Thompson visits a short privately-owned branch line in canton Luzern, which is home to a steam locomotive with an unusual history.
News stories this month include:
- German rail budget cut for next four years as infrastructure condition worsens
- Eurostar passenger numbers return to 2019 levels
- Tendering begins for first phase of Porto-Lisboa high-speed line
- Weeks of freezing weather cause chaos in Sweden and Norway
- Talgo to develop hydrogen high-speed train
- EURO 9000 authorised in the Netherlands and Belgium
- Skoda to build up to 200 trams for Praha
- Olsztyn tramway network expands
- New trams on test in Daugavpils
- Berlin Type JK U-Bahn trains accepted
- Zgorzelec-Gorlitz to be electrified by 2026
- Widmer Rail Services acquires Taurus locos
- Major changes to Hungarian fares system
- DB prepares for EURO 2024
- Cottbus ICE depot opens
- ÖBB orders more new rolling stock
- Go-ahead for Budapest S-Bahn line
- Fewer Netherlands ski trains
- SNCF Voyageurs tenders for 180 multiple units
- First look at new Trenitalia overnight coach interiors
- Ex-ÖBB Class 1144 electrics for Grenland Rail
- Go-ahead for 'RENFE 28' strategy
- Up to 70 DB IC coaches for BDZ
- RTB Cargo EURO 9000s in service in Belgium
- Steam returns to Balatonfenyves
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