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EUROPE: Stopping the sale of tickets on-board a train is out of the question for the Spanish and Portuguese state railway operators. The topic arose after Belgium’s SNCB announced the end of this sales channel from July 1, 2026. For Renfe and CP, on-board ticket sales remain ‘a very important channel’ for their Spanish and Portuguese passengers, respectively, the comp...

EUROPE – The European Commission proposed a comprehensive package of three regulations on May 13 designed to simplify the booking of multi-leg rail journeys across Europe. The new rules aim to establish a framework for single-ticket bookings across different operators and expand passenger rights during disruptions.

The proposals to improve inte...

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Mass rapid transit project promoter Fitram has awarded the National Consortium for Integrated Mobility a 28.99bn pesos contract to design and construct civil works and railway systems on the first 10·5 km section of the Santo Domingo monorail.

The CNMI consortium is made up in equal parts of Constructora Moyeda and Hércules Con...

UZBEKISTAN: Czech manufacturer Škoda Group has signed an agreement worth more than €120m covering the delivery of 10 electric multiple-units to Uzbekistan, reopening its push into the Central Asian rail market after an earlier 30-train deal failed to proceed.

The agreement, part of a wider package of

This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector.

The Dominican Republic’s Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza, announced on May 6 that the first nine-station section of the Santiago de los Caballeros monorail between Cienfuegos and Central would open at the end of the year. The remaining southern se...