Recent content by Stephen Lee

Latest news is that the production ratio between Siemens Viaggio Next Level Railjets and Nightjets was adjusted: 33 new Nightjet trains down to 24, and 27 Railjet 2.0 up to 40 sets (28 with 7 carriages, plus 12 with 9 carriages) I.e. a total of 472 coaches within the 700 coaches framework...

Talgo is planning to move production of some Flixtrain Talgos to Magyar Vagon.

will EC 135 be replaced once Koralmbahn is opened? Or at least shortened to Graz as part of IR Mur-Drau? 1731734495 Why do u think Trenitalia does not have a lot of interest in international services? 1731753454 If Trenitalia does not have a lot of interest in slower international routes, then...

On the other hand, CRRC is planning to build a production facility in Hungary

The Regional Train between Udine/Trieste - Ljubljana was splitted in Villa Opicina and the Trenitalia Frecciarossa to Ljubljana has been shelved or delayed, Leaving EC Emona the only direct train from Slovenia to Italy. What is causing such problems? I heard that the ETR563/564 has lost its...

In May 2023, when the privatization of MÁV Vagon was announced, the construction of 157 new IC+ cars was mentioned in the first phase. In the summer of 2023, the general manager of MÁV-Start deemed it necessary to purchase 300 different types of IC+ in order to preserve the role of the...

https://railcolornews.com/2024/06/05/locomotive-nordic-refinance-15-tme-diesel-locomotives-for-hungarian-state-railways/ However, it is almost the end of July, but the Nordic Re-Finance Diesels still haven’t arrived. What is causing such delays? While 9 more Tauruses from AKIEM joined MÀV...

Siemens has offered the Desiro Verve. It looked quite nice. However, No TOCs bought it. I wondered what TOC can be the potential user since electric trains/battery trains/hydrogen trains will replace diesel trains in stages before 2050...

The last 2 paragraph did not mention about EC Emona and EC Croatia, does it mean it will be discontinued when Koralmbahn opens?

I will show the English translation version later

The detailed plan about route arrangements after the opening of Koralmbahn is shown in the following attachment. Moderator Note - the attached file is not in English and is without a quote. Please add a brief summary/quote from the document in English.

ICE-L on test in Switzerland, does it mean trains to Switzerland will get the ICE-L? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/yAbxXB4x5FJU3eGs/?mibextid=K35XfP

1. The Traverso are jointly owned by SBB CFF FFS and SOB. 2.But the EC coaches and EWIV are used for Ersatzzug. 1706424856 What about the seating coaches in Amsterdam - Zurich NJ and Hamburg - Zurich NJ? What will they use if they are not using SBB EC Coaches or DB IC1? Although a passage in...

Why don’t let the SZ 541s and ÖBB 1216s to go to Croatia ? 1706368141 Even when the situation is reversed, I think railjets will be deployed even for services to the 2 ex-Yugoslavian countries

Is it also the reason why the Munich - Beograd through coaches are cancelled?