Georgian Railways has joined the Viking container train project, in the framework of the project partners meeting in Vilnius. Viking train is a joint project of Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Romania connecting Baltic and Black seas with railways. The companies GEFCO Turkey and Steveco could also become freight operators in Turkey and Finland.
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Sofia metro line extension to the airport was inaugurated today. The new section is 5 km long and has 4 stations: Drujba, Iskarsko Shose, Sofia Sveta Gora and Sofia Airport. “We continue to expand the underground network under Operational Program Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014 – 2020, said Transport Minister Moskovski. “Financing
“Liteyno-mehanicheskiy zavod” (“Casting and mechanical plant”), a subsidiary of Uzbekistan Railways, plans to increase its freight wagon production to 1200 units by 2019. The plant underwent extensive modernisation, the amounts invested reaching USD 120.2 million. Financing for modernisation project was provided Uzbekistan Railways – USD 71.3 , the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan –USD
Belarusian Railways to implement new technologies in 2015
Belarusian Railways plans to implement a package of measures to create and master science-consuming products and raw materials, automation and mechanization of production processes, provision of new equipment and innovative technologies for its branch facilities. The program is to be fulfilled at expense of organizations and structural subdivisions of Belarusian Railways.
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An amount of BGN 250-300 million (EUR 127 – 153 million) is planned to be invested this period in Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), stated for local press the Bulgarian Minister of Transport, information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski. “The source will be the state budget, but I have not crossed out the
Representatives from 30 international transport stakeholder organisations met at OECD headquarters in Paris on 12 February for the ITF’s Annual Consultation Day with International Organisations. This annual process is an important component of the preparations for the 2015 Summit on “Transport, Trade and Tourism”. The 2015 Summit will take place
The number of passengers transported between Ukraine and Russia in 2014 went down by 60% compared to 2013, or by 3 million people, stated Ihor Breus, the head of the department of long-distance passenger transportation at Ukrzaliznytsia. The number of passengers on international routes last year fell by 63% and on
VIKING train transported 44,100 containers (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2014, an increase of 2.7% compared to previous year. The railway administrations of Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Turkey’s BALO (Great Anatolia Logistics Organization) are involved in the intermodal train VIKING project. According to Belarusian Railways, the partners are closely collaborating
Port Complex Russe EAD has launched a regular block-train service between Bulgaria and Germany. The pilot project is based on the principle of intermodal road/rail transport. The block-train has a capacity for68 cargo carriages (trailers) and operates once a week in two directions. Almost 3000 trailers will be transported by the end of the
The latest version of the Transport Master Plan foresees investments totalling EUR 19 billion until 2030. The projects will focus on rehabilitation of 3.219 km of railway lines and 1.131 km of railways with economic potential, for the electrification of all sectors of the TEN-T core network (425 km), the development of high-speed railway sections (over
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