Alstom has been awarded two contracts worth around €170 million by Trenitalia, the Italian national train operator, for the supply of 25 additional “Jazz” regional trains. These new orders, which are exercised as two options under a contract signed in 2012, bring Trenitalia’s Jazz fleet to 95 trainsets. “Jazz” is the
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Russian UVZ-Logistic, part of Uralvagonzavod, El Grupo Empresarial de la Industria Sidero-Mecánica’ (GESIME), a Cuban ferrous metallurgy and machine-building group, and Cuban Union Railways (UFC) have signed an agreement on the creation of a joint transportation logistics company and the modernization of ‘Planta Mecanica’ machine-building plant. The new joint Russian-Cuban company (TLK) aims to to improve
Polish state owned infrastructure manager PKP Polish Railway Lines plans to make investments worth more than PLN 50 bn (EUR 12.4 bn) until 2023. Later this year, PKP PLK will launch tenders with a total value of PLN 11 bn (EUR 2.7 bn). The infrastructure manager has already started making
On the 21st of April, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc hosted in Brussels the meeting of the six Prime Ministers from the Western Balkans. The Brussels meeting confirmed the agreement of the core network through a joint statement,
The Czech Republic (ČR) has joined the Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Baltic. The Czech Republic lies on the intersection of the important European routes: RFC 5 corridor (Baltic– Adriatic), RFC 7 (Orient/East-Mediterranean), and RFC 9 (Czech-Slovak, CS corridor). ČR and the countries of RFC 8 (BE, NL, DE, PL, LT) have thus made efforts
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
Russian Railways (RZD) has announced its intention to purchase 68 2TE25KM freight diesel locomotives manufactured by Bryansk Engineering Plant, part of Transmashholding (TMH). 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
Romanian state-owned infrastructure manager CFR SA has awarded Alstom Transport – PAS Impex consortium a contract for design and installation works of hot axle box and blocked brake detectors. The contract value is RON 55 million (EUR 12.5 million). The project is financed under the Sectoral Operational Programme “Transport” (SOP-T) 2007 – 2013. The period of works
Russia’s leading private wagon leasing firm Brunswick Rail Limited recorded a 20% decline in gross revenue in 2014. Net loss in 2014 was US$ 275.5m as against net profit of US$ 28.0m in 2013, and net cash from operating activities was US$ 166.8m compared to US$ 182.6m in 2013. Its total fleet stood
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