Rolling stock manufacturer Kriukov Car Building Works (KVSZ) plans to manufacture a new electric locomotive (passenger & freight) with asynchronous traction drive for Ukrainian Railways (UZ). Deliveries for the freight units could start in 2017. UZ has made an order proposal for a 7.4 MW dual-voltage twin-section freight locomotive, to be used
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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.
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 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
Belarusian Railways and Russian United Wagon Company (UWC) have announced signing a strategic partnership to service freight cars equipped with Barber bogies in Belarus. As part of this partnership, service facilities for freight cars with improved technical and economic characteristics equipped with Barber bogies have been established at all of Belarusian
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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