The March 2026 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:
New Heights for the Bernina Line: Toma Bacic examines how Rhätische Bahn is responding to soaring passenger numbers on Europe’s highest adhesion railway.
Trains Spéciaux: Managing SNCF’s Special Trains: David Haydock profiles the operations and loco fleet of SNCF’s special trains unit.
Freeze Frames: Following the cold snap that gripped much of Europe in early January we present a gallery of snowy scenes from across the continent.
The Beet Goes On: Peter Marriott looks at Switzerland’s unique seasonal sugar beet traffic, which has employed a variety of motive power in recent years.
Budapest’s Last Diesel Suburban Line: Ferenc Joó visits the Budapest–Lajosmizse–Kecskemét line, which has held out against modernisation to become the last suburban line in the Hungarian capital with diesel-worked passenger trains.
News stories this month include:
- Derailment on Madrid–Sevilla high-speed line claims 46 lives
- Two derailments in Catalunya
- Siemens and Stadler to supply 226 driverless trains for København S-Bane
- DB Cargo sells dozens of locos
- TEN-T Core Network delayed as project costs soar
- Three French tram networks extended
- Brussels airport tramway construction starts
- Spain–Portugal “Rail Motorway” service launched
- CD’s 230 km/h Vectrons enter service in Slovakia
- PESA Elf.eu EMUs authorised for Romania
- End of BLS Class Re 425
- SBB Cargo Class Re 474 locos for sale
- National Express contract changes in Nordrhein-Westfalen
- DB ICE-T farewell
- CD tenders for up to 120 BEMUs
- CD wins Moravian long-distance PSO contracts
- SNCB M4 stock farewell
- NS ICRm coaches for sale
- Nancy–Contrexéville modernisation starts
- Travelski Night Express launched
- First CP FLIRT EDMU on test
- Ex-Luxembourg double deck coaches for Denmark
- Class ME replaces Class 418 around Lake Balaton
- New transport museum for Paris
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