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News of the railway industry ○ Monday, March 30, 2015

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Alstom has started manufacturing Kochi Metro coaches at its Sri City facility in India. The...

Polish rolling stock maker PESA Bydgoszcz has expanded its production facility with the aim of...

Swiss Federal Railways signed contracts totaling SFr136m a year for the lease of 65 tampers,...

Between Alstom Transport and the municipality of Calw in the German Land of Baden-Württemberg a...

The governments of Hungary and Austria have unveiled plans to launch two rail modernisation...

Recently, State JSC Latvijas dzelzceļš opened the second rail track on the Skrīveri-Krustpils...

After one final blast, at exactly 12:00 noon today, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, the miners in the...

India plans to invest up to US$138 billion in the development of national railways over the...

In a bid to strengthen position in the international transport technology and service domain,...

The Russian government, together with national railway carrier RZD, continue tests of Ermak...

The government of Ukraine plans to allow the use of private locomotives on the national railway...

RZD International, RZD’subsidiary for overseas projects, has officially started modernization of...

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...

German Siemens, together with Russian Sinara, will continue the production of locomotives for...

L&T Infotech has received a new contract worth USD 10 million to integrate business...

Talgo receives new contract from Saudi...
To supply six high speed trains with 13 coaches

Talgo has received a new contract worth more than USD 200 million to supply six trains with 13...

Business leaders say new station would have huge impact on Baltic Triangle and proposed Cains...

Upgraded rail line between London and Thanet intended to cut journey times. Network Rail and...

Efforts to reestablish a passenger rail line between Orlando and New Orleans received a nod from...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has criticized RZD, the national railway carrier, for unclear...

The newly built railway track between Madhu Road and Talai Mannar Pier covering a distance of 63 kms was commissioned to the public use of Sri...

Farmers unwilling to give up land for Californian bullet train
Threat of many lengthy court battles

The planned Californian so called bullet train path is going to cut through several farmlands.

Harsco acquires Protran Technology
“This investment aligns perfectly with our stated strategy to further grow and diversify our Rail division”

Harsco Corporation recently announced the acquisition of Protran Technology, a US based firm involved in the design and production of safety...

Alstom recently signed a contract worth EUR 2 million with Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre (Trensurb) to provide preventive maintenance...

Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, one of Russia’s largest producers of electric locomotives, plans to fire up to 900 workers by June, 1...

Russian RZD has signed an agreement with Transmashholding, Russia’s leading producer of rolling stock and Ural Locomotives on the supply of...

Krakow City Transport has started testing its new energy-efficient Solaris Tramino trams, with a three-month trial phase now ongoing on the city’s...

The Finnish government has applied for funds from the TEN-T programme for several railway projects, including 12.2 million euros for the planning...

The global rail market offers huge opportunities for big data technology providers.

Municipally-owned operator Metrorex has awarded an order for 43 six-car trains with an option for a further eight units to Spanish rolling stock...

BNSF recently announced that its 2015 capital program for its operations in California will be an estimated $141 million for rail capacity...

Hitachi Rail Europe and Abellio announce that they have signed a contract for the provision and maintenance of 70 new trains for the upcoming...

According to the newly released report "Rolling Stock Market by Rolling Stock Type (Locomotives, Rapid Transit Vehicles, Wagons), by Locomotive...

Thales will provide a fully integrated solution for supervision, telecommunications, security and fare collection for the new Lusail Transit...

Recently, the Alstom Coradia Lint trains delivered to OC Transpo entered into service on the 8-kilometre light rail O-Train Trillium Line in...

Mongolia plans to build a new rail line, bypassing Russia, for the transit of Asian raw materials and minerals, to Europe, according to recent...

Slovakia’s state-run rail freight operator ZSSK Cargo has sold 12,000 rail cars to the newly-established Cargo Wagon a.s. consortium in a bid to...

India’s Ministry of Railways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) for a funding of more than EUR...

Japan’s Sumitomo and Nippon Sharyo has received a new contract worth JPY 13 billion for the supply of 96 subway cars to Indonesia’s MRT Jakarta....

Evraz, one of Russia’s largest metal producers, has completed production of wheels for freight cars, operated by Turkish Railways, Turkey’s...

Mr Dan M. Costescu was appointed Director General of the National Railway...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted four loans totalling more than...

Ukranian Railways to increase tariffs...
Rail tariffs continue to grow in Ukraine

Ukranian national railway operator Ukranian Railways is considering a...

Kiruna Wagon to develop Europe’s next...
Part of the EU Horizon project

Kiruna Wagon has been selected to develop Europe’s next generation of bulk...

China and Japan plan to build rail lin...
New rail investors to come to Thailand

Chinese and Japanese companies to bid for the contracts, for the building of...

Uralvagonzavod, one of Russia’s largest producers of rolling stock, plans to...

Ukrainian national railway operator Ukranian Railways plans a significant...

Bombardier Transportation and the Stockholm Traffic Administration presented...

Greece postponed sale of TRAINOSE
RZD to bid for TRAINOSE

The government of Greece has postponed tenders for the sale of the national...

Amtrak train derails in North Carolina
After hitting a transfer truck

On Monday, an Amtrak train derailed in North Carolina after hitting a truck...

Stadler Rail, Hungary’s Dunakeszi Járm...
New rolling stock joint venture in Hungary

Swiss manufacturer Stadler Rail and Hungary’s state-owned rolling stock...

The first eight of the 16 rakes of the new Bombardier make trains are...

Prototype battery-powered ‘IPEMU’ carried passengers for first time. For the...

A long-standing disagreement between the City of Ottawa and the National...

Deutsche Bahn’s station management business unit DB Station & Service...

The Romanian government has unveiled plans to allocate at least €890 million...

The Company CSR Qingdao Sifang of China is about to deliver the first four-...

The EU's TEN-T Programme will co-finance with over €1 million studies for...

Training, technology and investments helped Union Pacific improve safety in...

Finland’s Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has newly revealed that the...

Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway...

Alstom has inaugurated a new production line for Citadis trams at its...

Eress organisation has announced that SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de...

Six companies in the railway industry - Alstom Transport, Bombardier...

A strong Christmas sales period, coupled with consistent October and...

The Canadian fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is...

The government of Latvia plans to allocate up to 400 million euros in the...

Russian RZD to receive 60.2 billion rubles (US$1 billion) from the National...

Pendolino attains 1 million kilometres...
New service center established

Alstom Pendolino, Alstom’s high speed train, has successfully covered one...

Ukraine to restore national railway fl...
Ukraine will need 5 years for recovery of national railway fleet

The Ukranian Ministry of Infrastructure is developing a five-year plan for...

Russian RZD will receive 69.8 billion rubles from the federal budget for...

Russian RZD will reconstruct a railway line in North Korea, according to...

The Russian government plans to design a complex of measures for the support...

New railway by late 2016. Ron Kirk, the former U.S. trade ambassador, member...

The government of Georgia has not ruled out the possibility of selling a...

The Argentinian Government has started nationalization of the country's...

German carmaker BMW and car supplier Bosch said newly that they would join...

Ukranian national railway operator Ukranian Railways plans to invest up to 2...

Italy’s industrial group Finmeccanica has unveiled the sale of its rolling...

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