The station has been rebuilt to cope with predicted growth from the current 110 000 passengers/day – as many people as use Amsterdam Schiphol airport – to 323 000 passengers/ day by 2025. The design is intended to create a landmark gateway to Rotterdam, reflecting the station’s dual role as a hub of the city’s transport system and a major station on the international high speed rail network.
he Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has many important functions and one of them is to provide an unbiased and reliable set of UK rail statistics. Their latest work covers the year 2013-14, and shows that we made a record number of passenger journeys on Britain’s railways.
Škoda Transportation successfully completed, all tests and certification of its  “catenary-free†tram in January of this year and the tram was put in operation during the month of February at its facility in Plzen. This advanced technological solution called “CATFREE†drive, makes it possible for vehicles to move and operate independent of the catenary-based traction power.
Construction of 2.6 km long Falkenberg tunnel as part of upgrades on Hanau – Aschaffenburg – Würzburg corridor was launched last week with the first controlled explosion at the opening ceremony.
