HUNGARY: Following on from two prototype vehicles produced in 2014-15, a series batch of 20 IC+ hauled coaches for international trains has been completed by national railway holding MÁV.The vehicles have been produced in-house at MÁV’s Szolnok workshop. They have been funded by the company and contain more than 50%

An RAF Chinook helicopter flies in sandbags to help repair the dam at Toddbrook reservoir near the village of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire after it was damaged by heavy rainfall. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire. A Royal Air Force Chinook has been drafted into a Derbyshire town in efforts to stop

VOSSLOH: Reporting its half-year results on July 25, Vossloh Group announced that sales had increased by 4·6% to €437·1m from €418·1m for the first six months of 2018. An 18·6% increase in orders received to €568·9m had helped to lift the group’s order backlog by 33·7% to €726·9m at the

THE North Norfolk Railway’s June 14-16 mixed traction event had mixed fortunes regarding loco availability.  ‘Deltic’ No. 55009 Alycidon had to be replaced by Spa Valley Railway Class 33 No. 33063 R. J. Mitchell, but the line-up had an unexpected boost by the arrival of another of the type. 

FOWLER 20337 of 1934, a 40hp-type 0-4-0DM, was delivered to the Mid Suffolk Light Railway (the ‘Middy’) in June following restoration, where it will be a resident.  The fully restored Fowler 20337 in its original livery at the Davis Brothers’ works prior to delivery to the MSLR. The loco was

THE Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society, which  is aiming to construct a replica of LMS diesel-electric No. 10000, has a chance to acquire another engine of the correct type.  A 16SVT power unit was acquired in 2012 – No. IH1861 – and now the RAF, which bought these engines from English Electric in

FRANCE: The Hello Paris consortium selected to operate the CDG Express airport rail link has ordered 13 electric multiple-units to run the service at a cost of €160m, Alstom confirmed on August 1. CDG Express will run for 32 km between Paris-Est and Charles-de-Gaulle airport Terminal 2, using a mix of new

Derbyshire floods disrupt train servicesFLOODS in Derbyshire have interrupted train services in the region, with the effects reaching as far as eastern Manchester and Sheffield. Flooding between Hazel Grove and Buxton means that train services have been suspended between these stations, while lines between Hazel Grove, Marple and Sheffield are

CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽDC and contractors Subterra, OHL ŽS and EŽ Praha have begun work to electrify and modernise the 29 km Olomouc – Uničov line by mid-2021. This will be SŽDC’s first regional line to be upgraded to allow 160 km/h operation. The EU is covering part of the

EUROPE: Belgian communications and control technology company Televic Rail has acquired German train, metro and tram passenger information system supplier GSP Sprachtechnologie as part of its international growth strategy. The acquisition ‘gives us greater access to the highly attractive German market and the larger Germany, Austria and Switzerland region’, said Televic