Czech antitrust office ÚOHS Chairman Petr Rafaj has confirmed the 1 million Kč fine imposed on České dráhy (ČD) for a defective lease of Taurus locomotives from Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) . The decision has already become effective and ČD has to pay the fine within two months. The fine was imposed on ČD for making contracts for the lease of Taurus between 2008 and 2012 (the contracts being effective between 2009 and 2013) without a tender
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Omnitek Engineering Corp. announced its natural gas engine technology is being utilized in two TEDOM natural gas locomotive engines powering a Czech Railways train in a pilot program with scheduled service three times daily between the Czech cities of Opava and Hlučín. The low-emission dedicated natural gas engines from TEDOM are certified to the Euro5 EEV emissions standard. The pilot program was developed by the transport division of Vitkovice Machinery Group
Belarusian Railways in cooperation with Talgo specialists installed an automatic gauge changeover system at Brest railway station. The new system will ensure the gauge changeover from 1520 mm to 1435 mm. In the first quarter of 2015, the certification tests of passenger trains and Talgo system will be performed at Brest railway station. Large-scale works were carried out by the Belarusian Railway before installing the system. Under the project the
The City of Kharkiv, with the support of the Government of Ukraine, has expressed interest in obtaining joint co-financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank to improve urban transport in the city by expanding the current metro system. The EBRD wishes to retain a consultant to carry out a feasibility study and confirm the proposed project cost of EUR 350 million (net of
EVRAZ delivered the first batch of 100-meter head-hardened R65 rail for the Moscow metro. Produced by EVRAZ ZSMK, the rails have been recently installed in the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line between the Kievskaya and Slavyanskiy Bul’var stations. It is the first-ever use of 100-meter rail in an underground transit system internationally. Previously, the metro construction and maintenance involved welding 25-meter rails into 125-meter lengths that were laid into a track. Using the
The railway companies of Kazakhstan, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan have planned to increase the volume of rail freight traffic on the Trans-Caspian international transport routes to 5.5 million tons of /year. The decision was taken during the meeting of the coordination committee of the Trans-Caspian international transport route, organised in Baku. The companies discussed setting competitive rates for freight transport and a common tariff policy for container trains on the Trans-Caspian international transport route. In addition,
Aeroexpress has announced its decision to cease operations in the cities of Vladivostok and Kazan, and to focus its efforts on the Moscow region, where the company serves air-rail links between the capital and the three airports of the Moscow Air Transportation Cluster. Due to the planned termination of business in regions, Aeroexpress is now considering a possibility to transfer the established transportation business and service infrastructure in these areas to
China-EU-China rail container traffic via Belarus registered a threefold increased in 2014 compared to previous year, amounting to 40,600 TEU. According to Belarusian Railways, container trains transiting Belarus carry cargo from China to European countries, including Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. In 2014, the Belarusian Railways transported 193,100 TEU. Given the global trend of containerization of freight transport, Belarusian Railways takes an active part in new projects in this area. Last year the company
In 2015, Tulpar-Talgo factory will reach full capacity production, creating 366 new jobs. The company plans to manufacture 153 passenger coaches and to launch the project the production of 600 passenger coaches - 3200 mm wide-body, instead of 2950 mm (21 trains between 2016 -2019). In 2013, Patentes Talgo and its local joint venture Tulpar-Talgo have been awarded a contract worth EUR 482m to supply 603 long-distance coaches to Passazhirskie Perevozki (PP), passengers operations subsidiary of Kazakhstan
Rolls-Royce has received a major order from Chinese locomotive manufacturer CNR Dalian (CNR) and its local South African Consortium (CNRRSSA) for the delivery of a total of 232 MTU Series 4000 engines. The engines are to be installed in new freight locomotives for South African operator Transnet Freight Rail. The total contract value is in the range of €100m. The MTU brand is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems within the Land & Sea
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