Europe News

Latest news and developments from Europe region

• ICM Mobility Group acquires mobile ticketing specialist Unwire

  June 14, 2021
  ICM Mobility Group, a ticketing and payment services provider, has acquired Unwire, a mobile ticketing specialist.

• Comsa and Lantania to renovate Valencia Metro Line 1, Spain

  June 14, 2021
  A joint venture (JV) of Comsa and Lantania has secured a contract from Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV)/ Valencian Government Railways to renovate the 50-km section of Valencia Metro Line 1 from Valencia Sud to Villanueva de Castellón.

• Iarnrod Eireann digitalises revenue protection for its services, Ireland

  June 12, 2021
  Iarnród Éireann (IÉ)/Irish Rail has digitalised revenue protection for its transit services.

• Qbuzz receives 20 hydrogen buses; opens new fuel filling station in Groeningen, Netherlands

  June 12, 2021
  Qbuzz, the bus operator in Groeningen, has received 20 new hydrogen buses and has opened a new hydrogen fuel filling station in the city.

• MoU signed to accelerate standardisation in rail sector across Europe

  June 11, 2021
  The Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec), and the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate the standardisation of the rail sector across Europe.

• VTB Bank integrates fare system for all bus transport services in Moscow, Russia

  June 11, 2021
  VTB Bank has deployed a contactless fare payment system using bank cards in buses operated by commercial carriers in Moscow.

• Mercedes-Benz delivers electric articulated buses to two operators in Germany

  June 11, 2021
  Mercedes-Benz has delivered eCitaro G electric articulated buses with solid-state batteries each to Hamburger Hochbahn and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein.

• Feasibility study launched for HSR in Ukraine

  June 11, 2021
  Ukrainian Railways/Ukrzaliznytsya (UZ) and Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS Italiane)/Italian State Railways Group have launched a preliminary feasibility study for the introduction of high speed rail in Ukraine.

• New EMV White Label cards to be deployed in Stockholm, Sweden

  June 10, 2021
  IDEMIA has secured a contract from Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the public transport operator in Stockholm, to launch public transport EMV (Europay-Mastercard-Visa) White Label cards for its services.

• Mercedes-Benz to supply 100 hybrid buses to ATAC, Italy

  June 9, 2021
  Azienda per i Trasporti Autoferrotranviari del Comune di Roma (ATAC), the public transport provider in Rome, has awarded a contract to Mercedes-Benz to supply 100 hybrid Citaro buses.

• Funding allocated to upgrade commuter rail network in Cork, Ireland [free access]

  June 8, 2021
  The Government of Ireland has announced a EUR185 million upgrade of the commuter rail line in Cork.

• Plans approved to create a tramway system in Trento, Italy

  June 8, 2021
  The municipality of Trento and the province of Trentino have approved the plan to construct an 8-km tram line in Trento that will link Gardolo in the north of the city with the city centre, across 17 stops.

• Hyperloop Italia partners with Zaha Hadid Architects to design new system in Italy

  June 8, 2021
  Hyperloop Italia has signed an agreement with UK-based Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) to jointly design the next phase of works on its Hyperloop system.

• EC member states allocate funding for sustainable transport through recovery plans

  June 8, 2021
  The member states of the European Commission (EC) have collectively allocated EUR85 billion to sustainable transport as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans being developed to support the recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Design contract signed for Prague East HSR station in Czech Republic

  June 8, 2021
  Správa Zeleznic (SŽ), the manager of the national railway infrastructure of the Czech Republic, has signed a design contract with the MP + ov Nehvizdy 2020 consortium for the Prague East high-speed rail (HSR) terminal.

• First Bus commences installation of charging units in Glasgow, UK

  June 7, 2021
  First Bus has commenced the installation of charging units at its bus depot in Glasgow.

• OBB cancels and reissues tender for up to 540 EMUs, Austria

  June 4, 2021
  Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB), the Austrian Federal Railways, has again cancelled and reissued a tender for up to 540 electric multiple units (EMUs) because of delays in the delivery of up to 300 EMUs that had been previously ordered from Bombardier Transportation, a part of Alstom.

• New mobility hub to be developed in Manchester, UK

  June 3, 2021
  A planning application has been submitted for an urban mobility hub in Ancoats, Manchester.

• Vostochniy passenger hub opens in Moscow, Russia

  June 3, 2021
  Vostochniy station, a passenger hub, has been opened on the eastern side of Moscow.

• De Lijn to procure up to 350 electric buses, Belgium

  June 2, 2021
  The board of De Lijn, the public transport operator in Flemish Region, has approved the publication of a framework tender for up to 350 fully electric buses and for the charging infrastructure that will be required to operate them.