VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything

Overwhelming support for restructuring Severn Valley Railway

Guest authors
August 12, 2025
0

At its AGM, members of the Severn Valley Railway Company Limited voted overwhelmingly to amalgamate with Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) Plc.

Project for Divača–Koper parallel second track enters new phase

Marco Raimondi
August 12, 2025
0

The project to turn the currently-under-construction railway between Divača and Koper, in Slovenia, into a double track is entering a new stage. 2TDK, the company…

A Legacy of Innovation, Speed and Elegance – Sir Nigel Gresley Celebrations

Guest authors
August 12, 2025
0

Back in 1963, the life and work of Sir Nigel Gresley were honoured through the creation of the Gresley Society Trust.

Operators

Airtel Africa, Vodacom to share infrastructure in African markets

Guest authors
August 12, 2025
0

Airtel Africa and Vodacom Group announced they would share infrastructure in key African markets to cut deployment costs and accelerate 4G and 5G rollouts.

Some Might Say it was a record-breaking weekend at Edinburgh Waverley

Guest authors
August 12, 2025
0

Edinburgh Waverley welcomed a record number of passengers at the weekend, as thousands of festivalgoers and music fans descended on the capital for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and the highly anticipated Oasis concerts at Murrayfield. The station recorded its busiest day on Saturday 9 August, with footfall reaching 148,000 – […]

Spain puts out tender for Madrid–Basque Country rail highway upgrade

Marco Raimondi
August 12, 2025
0

The project to launch a rail highway service for non-cranable semi-trailers between Spain’s capital and the Basque Countries is closer to reality. Once operational, the…

CLIP Group to build new intermodal terminal in Małaszewicze

Guest authors
August 12, 2025
0

Container Terminal Mala, a subsidiary of the CLIP Group, is building a new terminal in Małaszewicze. The group calls it “one of the most important…

Belarusian Railways defaults on its euro debts

Guest authors
August 12, 2025
0

Belarusian Railways (BZhD) has failed to redeem a matured euro bond and make interest payments for two other euro bonds. Until 2020, euro debt was…

Pilot standby duty is work, High Court affirms

Guest authors
August 12, 2025
0

In a brief judgment, Australia’s highest court rejected an appeal by Corporate Air Charter Pty Ltd of a ruling by the Full Federal Court that standby duty counts as “work”, and must therefore be included in calculations of pilots’ average weekly work h…

ACCC flags devaluation in major frequent flyer programs

Guest authors
August 12, 2025
0

The ACCC said both Qantas Frequent Flyer in August this year and Velocity since June 2023 have “generally increased the number of points required to book certain flights”.