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Virgin Trains USA has revealed the new-look Virgin MiamiCentral, the hub for all things transportation, leisure and business in downtown Miami. Richard Branson joined president of Virgin Trains USA, Patrick Goddard, to reveal the new branding at the station. […]
Eurostar is celebrating its first year of direct services from London to the Netherlands. Since launching in April 2018, over quarter of a million people have travelled from London to Amsterdam, the equivalent of more than 1,000 plane loads.
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According to the latest figures, in March 2019, the infrastructure owned by Russian Railways carried 93 million passengers, 5.1% more than during the same month last year. Suburban passenger numbers rose to 84.8 million, an increase of 4.7%, while
Russian Railways’ Passenger Traffic Increased by 3.5% Read More »
On 31 March 2019, Western European countries will switch to summer time and put the clocks forward one hour. In connection with this, the timetable for the following international trains operated by the Federal Passenger Company, a subsidiary of
Russian Railways’ International Train Timetables to Change Read More »
A memorandum of cooperation on projects to develop the rail network in the Kyrgyz Republic was concluded in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on 28 March 2019. The document was signed by Yevgeny Dietrich, the Minister of Transport of the
Russia and Kyrgyzstan to Cooperate on Kyrgyz Rail Network Read More »
Back in 1930, the founding railway companies were already providing their best carriages for the journey between the Engadine and the Matterhorn. Since then, the Glacier Express has been offering one of the most popular scenic railway experiences in
The first modernized couchette car re-entered service on March 18, following the completion of testing and certification. New cars will be used on trains 19/20 Rostov-na-Donu – Moscow and 11/12 Anapa – Moscow. Couchette cars offer basic and cheap
Russian Railways Introduces Modernized Couchette Car Read More »
Russian Railways spent more than 8.5 billion roubles on environmental protection in 2018. This figure was announced at a meeting of the Central Commission for Environmental Protection at Russian Railways, which was held at the Company’s headquarters under the
Russian Railways’ Environmental Protection Work in 2018 Read More »
From now on you will be able to travel to Kyiv, Minsk, Vilnius and Riga by train. The train connecting the four capitals will start its run on the 28th of September. The first train will leave Kyiv on
The ambitious “Lithuanian Railways” program accelerates. This year, at least two times bigger investments in to the infrastructure of railroads than the last year are planned. Next year, at least 1.5 times bigger sum is planned to be allocated.
Lithuanian Railways is Getting Ready for an Investment Leap Read More »
Oleg Belozerov, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Russian Railways, has discussed the construction of a high-speed rail line and cooperation between Russian Railways and China in the railway field with Li Hui, the Chinese
Russia and China Discuss High-Speed Rail Line Construction Read More »
Customers who require travel assistance can now request this in advance with Virgin Trains using basic voice commands on their smart speaker. After achieving a global first last year by selling train tickets through Alexa, Virgin Trains’ new development
New ‘Alexa’ Feature to Assist Disabled Passengers Read More »
By the end of 2019, a further 82 Russian railway stations will be able to access the unified free Wi-Fi network, thus bringing the wireless Internet access service to a total of 218 stations, up from 136 at the
Russian Railway Stations to Offer Wi-Fi by end of 2019 Read More »
Amtrak wants to show customers how much we love them with its Valentine’s Day Buy One Get One Free Sale. Starting Thursday, Feb. 14, through Monday, Feb. 18, customers can buy one ticket and get the second one free for nationwide travel between
In January 2019, the international high-speed Allegro trains running between St. Petersburg – Helsinki transported more than 37,000 passengers, 10.8% more than in the same month last year. In 2018, Allegro trains carried 481,800 travellers, an increase of 0.5%
Passenger Traffic of Russian Raylways’ Route to Helsinki Rose by 11% Read More »
