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Chinese investment in European railways

Jon Worth

• 7 min read
Vrbas Nova station on the Novi Sad to Subotica section of the Chinese built line in Serbia
Vrbas Nova station on the second section of the Chinese built line, between Novi Sad and Subotica

In the Newsletter this week
Free to read: How to fix railway ticketing in the EU
Analysis: Chinese investment in European railways
Bullshit Meter this week: Loop line connecting British and Irish cities
Good week: A future for the Una line?
Bad week: Bane NOR seems to have caused its own landslide
Photo of the week: The end of the old Berlin-Wrocław
Calendar: Provisional date for Budapest-Beograd passenger services

This is the third edition of what will become my subscriber-only newsletter that will be sent every Friday at 14:00 CET. Both free and paid subscribers will receive the first four editions. For now some of this is rather experimental - please bear with me!

How to fix railway ticketing in the EU

Ticket machines

In a new, free public post on my website this week, I examine how to reform the legal framework for railway ticketing within the EU - with a draft Regulation due from the Commission this spring. Read the full article here.

I also wrote a further follow up, about why safely overloading trains is an issue we need to examine too.