The April 2025 issue of Today’s Railways Europe contains all the latest railway news from mainland Europe, plus our regular features and a selection of interesting and informative articles. Brought to you by our team of informed correspondents based throughout the European continent.
Feature articles this month include:
Rail Centres: Pila: The third-largest city in Poland's north-western Wielkopolskie province, Pila is a busy railway junction that sees a wide variety of traction on passenger and freight trains. Andrew Thompson explores the area's rich railway history and current operations.
Harzer Schmalspurbahnen "Camels" to the Rescue: With a shortage of active steam locos and diesel railcards, the metre-gauge Harzer Schmalspurbahnen has been relying on its regauged ex-Deutsche Reichsbahn V100 diesels to maintain the timetable this winter. Gordon Edgar presents a selection of his images depicting the "Camels" at work.
Hannover Freight: Photographing a German Hotspot: Hannover is a key hub for rail freight traffic in northern Germany and the area can see hundreds of freight movements a day. Michael Rhodes uncovers the best locations to observe activity in and around one of Europe's busiest rail freight hotspots.
MAV Class M44: 70 Years of Hungary's "Bobo" Diesels Part 1: Development, Prototypes and Exports: With more than 900 examples built, Hungary's Class M44 diesel locomotives and their export variants were a hugely successful post-war design. In the first instalment of a two-part history of the type, Ferenc Joo examines the development of these machines and how they ultimately spread across half of the northern hemisphere.
News stories this month include:
- Tempi accident report exposes safety failures on Greece's railways
- SJ "Delta" EMUs for Oslo-Kobenhavn
- First ÖBB Railjet KISS
- Poland plans huge rail investment
- Go-ahead for Swedish infrastructure projects
- Czech long-distance contracts awarded
- DB Regio launches tender for S-Bahn trains
- MF19 stock arrives in Paris
- Vilnius-Riga service extended to Estonian border
- Al-Andalus luxury trains to operate in Portugal
- European Sleeper developments
- Zentralbahn 20th anniversary
- First ELASMO on test in Romania
- SNCF launches premium onboard service
- DSB seeks more double-deck coaches
- NS unveils mock-up of Dubbeldekker Niewe Generatie EMU
- Sylt Shuttle Plus ends
- Alstom hydrogen trains on test in Italy
- Class 252 EMUs on test in Spain
- CFL prepares Class 2000 EMUs for export
- SBB Historic and Verkehrshaus exchange stock
- PTG Tours 25th anniversary tour takes ALCOs coast-to-coast in Spain
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