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The French company Alstom, owner of Britain's largest train factory, intends to raise €1.75 billion to alleviate its debt burden. This effort includes the sale of shares and bonds, along with €700 million from planned sales, and is aimed at safeguarding the credit rating of the Litchurch Lane plant owner in Derby. "Alstom is now set on stronger foundations to deliver sustainable profit and cash generation," Alstom Chief Executive Officer Henri Poupart-Lafarge said in a statement. Alstom recorded €11.3 billion in orders in Europe during the fiscal year 2023/24, down from €12.8 billion the previ...
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European travellers can now fall asleep in Brussels and wake up in Prague with the launch of a new sleeper train service. The first ‘Good Night Train’ service from the European Sleeper start-up departs Belgium’s capital this evening (25 March) bound for the Czech Republic. On the way, it will pass through Amsterdam, Berlin and other popular cities. It’s another valuable node in Europe’s night train network, after European Sleeper began its Brussels to Berlin trips in May 2023. And the company has no plans to stop there. “Our goal is to add a new route each year so we can continue to contribute...
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On March 11, 2004, a series of explosions shook commuter trains as they entered the Atocha station in Madrid, leaving 191 dead and 1,800 injured, in what is still the largest jihadist attack perpetrated on European soil. Twenty years later, the scars of that day are still alive in the memory of the victims and of all of Spanish society. "It is a day that will never be erased from my memory. I could tell minute by minute what happened that day. And the final summary is that my brother was murdered on the Santa Eugenia train," says Alejandro Benito. The 11-M attacks in Madrid caused a significan...
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On the 28th of February last year Greece was left mourning when when a passenger train carrying 350 people collided with a freight train operating on the same track. The two trains were operating at high speed before they crashed into each other, with the front carriages bursting into flames upon impact. Only one young man was rescued from the worst impacted carriages, who remains in hospital. The train crash, the deadliest in the nation's history, prompted three days of mourning and nationwide protests. A year later, the streets of Athens are full of demonstrators arguing that the ongoing inq...
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