Russian airport express operator, Aeroexpress plans to build a railway terminal at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Russia’s largest airport. The financing for the project could be provided either by the Russian National Wealth Fund or by Aeroexpress attracted loans, informs Prime Agency. In December last year, Alexei Sorokin, CEO of Aeroexpress, stated that the construction of the railway terminal is planned to be launched in early 2015 and the new facility will be operational in 2017. The rail terminal will be
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Belarusian Railways has in plan a new container train service from the port of Gdansk (Poland) to the container terminal Kolyadichi (Belarus), as well as from the port of Gdansk via Belarus to CIS countries and China. In order to find out transporter’s interest in the project, as well as to improve the quality of the transportation and logistics services and to set optimal tariff conditions, Belarusian Railways invites companies to take part in the
Transmashholding’s Bryansk Engineering Plant has started the 5,000 km operational trials of the new 2TE25КМ mainline freight locomotive. The new 2TE25KM can haul heavier trains and has lower operation costs, due to the improved engine capacity and increased adhesion weight. The locomotive is fitted with a pre-crash system, air conditioning system and independent heater to offer additional heating. The driver’s cab also offers better comfort and improved sound and vibration insulation, due to the cushioning materials used.
EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc and Anrijs Matīss, Latvian Minister of Transport visited Rīga Šķirotava Marshaling yard, the main marshalling yard of Latvian Railways, in order to check the progress on the project “Reconstruction of marshalling hump in Šķirotava station”. The project includes the reconstruction of the tracks (3.2 km) and shunting equipment, such as switches, point machines and retarders. The hump top will be reconstructed, as well as the telecommunication and
Latvian FIMA company has installed an e-ticketing system on behalf of Lithuanian Railways, in the framework of a EUR 1.1 million contract. Train tickets are now available online and can be printed out or saved on smart devices. “The system itself is not an innovation but it is the first time that it has been introduced in the country’s railway sector. We have installed electronic ticket office machines at all the country’s stations, updated
Russian Railways (RZD) aims to increase the localisation level of Russian locomotives production, stated Valentin Gapanovich, RZD’s senior vice president during the Infospace forum. According to him, RZD and the Russian railway industry have planned to increase the localisation rate of locomotives manufactured by Transmashholding (TMH) and Ural Locomotives (a joint venture of Russian Sinara investment group and Siemens) to 80%. Currently, it reaches 80% in the case of 2ES10 electric locomotives (Ural Locomotives), 55% in EP20 and
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether the public financing of a test centre for high-speed trains and related equipment (the Centro de Ensayos de Alta Tecnología Ferroviaria, CEATF) near Malaga in Spain is compatible with EU state aid rules. Under Spain’s current plans, the project costs of €358.6 million would be fully financed by the EU Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Spain. At this stage,
Serbia and Albania will propose a series of joint infrastructure projects for EU financing, under the Western Balkans framework, informed Serbia’s State Secretary for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Dejan Trifunovic. “Serbia and Albania agreed to propose the implementation of two roads and four railway infrastructure priority projects “, stated Trifunovic. The reconstruction of the Belgrade-Bar railway and its connection with the Albanian ports is one of the these priority projects, which will be presented during the
Stadler Rail and ABB have signed a cooperation agreement to upgrade the X2000 high-speed train fleet for SJ, Sweden’s state-owned passenger operator. Since being introduced 25 years ago, the trains have been regarded as among the most comfortable trains in the world. A total of 36 trains in the X2000 fleet will be outfitted with new electrical equipment from ABB. Stadler Rail will be in charge of installing this equipment. Stadler’s share of
Bombardier Transportation has signed contracts with both the Düsseldorf (Rheinbahn AG) and Cologne transport authorities (KVB) for the delivery of 62 FLEXITY light rail vehicles in total. The contract with KVB is for 20 vehicles and is valued at approximately 64 million euro (68 million US). Rheinbahn AG’s contract for 42 vehicles, with an option for 16 additional vehicles, is valued at approximately 127 million euro (135 million US). The
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