The European Commission has called for better application and enforcement of rail passenger rights in the European Union.
The European Commission has announced a new set of guidelines on passenger rights within the rail industry. According to the Commission the guidelines seek to clarify and strengthen the application and enforcement of rail passenger rights in the European Union.
The new Citylink trains of the NET 2012 series, from Vossloh Kiepe and Vossloh Rail Vehicles, have been approved for regional high speed line operation in the German city of Karlsruhe.
The NET 2012 series can be changed from being a flexible light rail vehicle to a fast regional train reaching speeds of up to 80 km/h without passengers changing mode of transport.
Stadler Rail and Swiss Federal Railways are using a full-size wooden mock-up to verify the planned interior design of the 29 Giruno trainsets ordered in May 2014 for use on services from Basel and Zürich to Milano via the Gotthard base tunnel.
On July 7 Secretary of State for Transport Alain Vidalies presented the government’s proposals for reviving the Trains d’Equilibre du Territoire, SNCF’s network of conventional long-distance passenger services which have seen traffic fall by 20% since 2011.
