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Thomas Wintle

London, Marseille

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  • TransPennine Express forging ahead with ETCS upgrade after fresh government funding

    6 days ago | railtech.com | Thomas Wintle

    Northern UK operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has confirmed it is moving forward with the installation of European Train Control System (ETCS) digital signalling on its Class 185 fleet, following the release of new government funding for the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).

  • Le Train is coming for SNCF: CEO of French high-speed hopeful gives launch date of 2027/28

    6 days ago | railtech.com | Thomas Wintle

    The French open-access high-speed rail hopeful Le Train has narrowed the launch date for its first services to between 2027 and 2028, with CEO Alain Getraud revealing that its Talgo rolling stock is undergoing the approval process in France, with certification expected “in two and a half to three years.” In perhaps the most concrete timeline yet from the French challenger brand, Le Train hopes to become the first home-grown private company to run entirely domestic high-speed services in...

  • ScotRail fares flattened and booze ban relaxed: Scotland’s trains get cultural reset

    1 week ago | railtech.com | Thomas Wintle

    SNP curries favour Published on 08-05-2025 at 10:08 ScotRail is scrapping peak train fares and easing its blanket alcohol ban, as Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney announced his Programme for Government at Holyrood this week.

  • Slovakia scraps decade of free train travel: €1 fare ends one of Europe’s most generous rail policies

    1 week ago | railtech.com | Thomas Wintle

    Up until last week, Slovakia was an outlier in European rail policy: students, pensioners and a long list of eligible groups could travel the country’s state-operated railways entirely for free. That changed on 1 May. While discounts remain in place, a new rule now requires nearly all passengers to pay at least 1 euro per ticket. It’s not much – but it ends a decade of symbolic fares and signals a quiet shift in how Slovakia will approach public transport in the coming years.

  • Spain’s high-speed ‘sabotage’: Copper theft triggers rail chaos, political blame game

    1 week ago | railtech.com | Thomas Wintle

    Over the bank holiday weekend, more than 10,000 passengers were hit by major disruption on Spain’s flagship Madrid–Seville high-speed line, after what the country’s transport minister described as an “act of serious sabotage”. The theft of around 150 metres of copper cabling crippled signalling and brought services to a standstill—just a week after the country’s unexplained national blackout.

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RT @UNHCRUK: UNHCR was not aware of reported U.K. discussions on processing asylum claims offshore. Global cooperation is needed for a glo…