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Miles, Money, Momentum: Amtrak’s Record FY25 Unpacked

Miles, Money, Momentum: Amtrak’s Record FY25 Unpacked

It started with fuller trains and finished with faster ones. Amtrak closed its 2025 financial year, setting record ridership and revenue, betting that better reliability and a cleaner onboard experience would keep Americans choosing rail over road and air.

19 / 11 / 2025
Freight
Siemens Mobility Invests EUR 35 Million in Bavaria’s First Train Battery Factory

Siemens Mobility Invests EUR 35 Million in Bavaria’s First Train Battery Factory

Siemens Mobility has launched construction of a EUR 35 million battery production facility in Luhe-Wildenau,…

29 / 09 / 2025
Business
Voith Left Waiting as DB Systemtechnik Seals EU-Rail DAC Contract

Voith Left Waiting as DB Systemtechnik Seals EU-Rail DAC Contract

EU-Rail has selected DB Systemtechnik as the main contractor for retrofitting locomotives with Digital…

15 / 09 / 2025
Technologies and infrastructure
Rail Without Borders: Alstom’s TRAXX Universal Redefines European Freight

Rail Without Borders: Alstom’s TRAXX Universal Redefines European Freight

What if one locomotive could do it all—cross borders, handle heavy loads, and switch seamlessly to last-mile…

03 / 06 / 2025
Freight
Poland Just Dropped EUR 180 Million on Rail Freight—Why Can’t the Rest of Europe Keep Up?

Poland Just Dropped EUR 180 Million on Rail Freight—Why Can’t the Rest of Europe Keep Up?

Poland’s moving fast on rail freight—with EUR 180 million going into new intermodal terminals and zero-emission…

03 / 04 / 2025
Business
Hamburg Strengthens Rail Freight with RAILPOOL’s EUR 20 Million Modern Locomotive Workshop

Hamburg Strengthens Rail Freight with RAILPOOL’s EUR 20 Million Modern Locomotive Workshop

RAILPOOL Group has opened Europe’s most modern locomotive workshop in Hamburg Billbrook, attended by Dr. Anjes Tjarks, Senator for Transport and Mobility…

10 / 10 / 2024
Technologies and infrastructure
NEWAG Delivers Two Additional Griffin Locomotives to PKP Intercity Ahead of Schedule

NEWAG Delivers Two Additional Griffin Locomotives to PKP Intercity Ahead of Schedule

PKP Intercity has received two more modern Griffin locomotives, produced by NEWAG as part of a contract for twenty units. The delivery schedule was expedited…

06 / 08 / 2024
Freight
Railway Giants: The Revolutionary Locomotives that Crushed the Competition

Railway Giants: The Revolutionary Locomotives that Crushed the Competition

It's 1839, and in the town of Sherman, Ohio, Ephraim Shay is born. His life and work had a profound impact on the development of railway transportation,…

02 / 08 / 2024
Technologies and infrastructure
Railway Giants: The Englishman Whose Success Made Enemies

Railway Giants: The Englishman Whose Success Made Enemies

George England was a brilliant businessman who rose from the bottom. His story includes not only genius inventions but also shocking court cases, humiliation,…

18 / 07 / 2024
Technologies and infrastructure
PHOTO REPORT: How Do Locomotives with ETCS Look Like?

PHOTO REPORT: How Do Locomotives with ETCS Look Like?

The RAILTARGET editorial team attended a press conference by ČD Cargo in Prague-Libeň, where the modernization of 128 locomotives with the new ETCS safety…

03 / 06 / 2024
Freight
Alstom and CLIP Intermodal Forge Partnership with 13 Traxx Locomotives Deal

Alstom and CLIP Intermodal Forge Partnership with 13 Traxx Locomotives Deal

Alstom has joined forces with CLIP Intermodal specializing in intermodal transport, formalizing agreements for the delivery of 13 third-generation Traxx…

25 / 03 / 2024
Freight
Railpool Expands Fleet with Siemens Mobility's Vectron Locomotives in Major Deal

Railpool Expands Fleet with Siemens Mobility's Vectron Locomotives in Major Deal

Railpool and Siemens Mobility have concluded a framework agreement for the delivery of up to 250 locomotives. With the signing of the contract, 70 Vectron…

22 / 02 / 2024
Business
Alpha Trains and Stadler Strengthen Ties with EURO9000 Maintenance Contract

Alpha Trains and Stadler Strengthen Ties with EURO9000 Maintenance Contract

Alpha Trains, Europe's leading leasing company for locomotives and trains, signs a full-service maintenance agreement with Stadler.

14 / 02 / 2024
Business
Railway Giants: Otto Kuhler, the Genius Designer Whom America Didn't Forgive for His Origins

Railway Giants: Otto Kuhler, the Genius Designer Whom America Didn't Forgive for His Origins

Otto Kuhler is one of the many names that do not enjoy the recognition in the public eye that they deserve. The story of the man who designed the latest…

30 / 01 / 2024
Passenger
On Track Titans: The World's Longest Trains

On Track Titans: The World's Longest Trains

In the past, the capacity of trains was confined to the power of a single locomotive. Today, the landscape has drastically changed. Advancements in technology…

08 / 11 / 2023
Passenger
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