Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) is planning to upgrade the railway line connecting Baku and Sumgait, the third biggest city of the country. “The project involves the upgrading of 50 km of railway line, the modernization of the power supply and signalling systems and the acquisition of 10 electric trains “, stated Nadir Azmammadov, Head of ADY Press
3i Infrastructure plc announced it has agreed to sell its entire stake in Eversholt Rail Group , one of the three leading rail rolling stock companies in the UK, to CK Investments S.A R.L., a company jointly owned by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, (together,
Uralvagonzavod Corporation obtained a compliance certificate for a new set of 1,000 innovative hopper cars series , based on the 18-194-1 model, with the capacity of 25,000 kg. The hopper’s cargo capacity reached up to 76,000 kg, which is 6,000 kg, or 9%, more than that of its existing counterparts on conventional
Serbian company MIN Lokomotiva wins EUR 5 million locomotive modernisation contract in FYR Macedonia
Serbian company MIN Lokomotiva has been awarded by Macedonian Railways a EUR 5 million contract for the modernisation of eight locomotives. Though the company is in restructuring process, the Serbian government, Ministry of Economy and the Export Credit and Insurance Agency of the Republic of Serbia supported it by providing the necessary financial
Ukrainian Railways, Polish rolling stock manufacturer NEWAG and TOR Transport Consultants Group (ZDG TOR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU in the area of railway industry, research, testing, engineering and consultancy services. The document triggers the possibility to prepare a 2-3 years long program for the modernization of diesel locomotives. “Almost 80% of the
Sofia underground operator, Metropolitan has issued a BGN 420 million (EUR 214 million) tender for the purchase of 20 metro trains to be used on the 3rd Metro Line, with an option to a further 10 units ( BGN 140 million / EUR 71.5 million). The required metro trains with a length of 60 m ±
HŽ infrastruktura aims to invest approximately EUR 2 bn in Rijeka railway line until 2020, stated the Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Sinisa Hajdaš Dončić during the meeting of the Adriatic Ionian Euroregion Commission for Transport and Infrastructure. Integrated in the TEN-T Mediterranean Core Network Corridor, Rijeka railway line upgrading, multimodal
The mass transit company, Rheinbahn AG, has commissioned Siemens to bring the signaling system of the Düsseldorf Light Railway up to the state of the art over the next few years. As the inner-city tunnel of the Rheinbahn is on one of the busiest light rail lines in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, conversion
Romanian companies Electroputere VFU – Reloc Craiova, part of Grampet Group, and Astra Passenger Coaches (Arad) are participating in the EUR 205 million tender launched by Budapest Transport Company (BKV) to modernise 222 metro cars, with an option of further 42 cars. The consortium has submitted the documentation for the first stage in
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth EUR 100 million by Egyptian National Railways (ENR) to supply signalling equipment for the Beni Suef-Asyut line in Egypt. The contract also includes maintenance for five years. Delivery will start in 2016 and the system is due to be operational by January 2019. The
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A comprehensive package of sophisticated passenger information display and related products and services is being designed and supplied by Infotec Ltd. for the Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) Line 1
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For the maintenance of its latest rail vehicles, the “Société de Transport de Montréal” (STM) (Montreal Transit Corporation) has equipped itself with heavy-duty lifting jacks from Pfaff-silberblau Verkehrstechnik of Kissing/Germany.
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- Uralvagonzavod obtains compliance certificate for new hopper car 0
- Serbian company MIN Lokomotiva wins EUR 5 million locomotive modernisation contract in FYR Macedonia 0
- Ukrainian Railways, Polish rolling stock manufacturer NEWAG and TOR Transport Consultants Group sign MoU 0
- Sofia’s underground operator issues EUR 214 m tender to purchase new metro trains 0
- HŽ infrastruktura aims to invest EUR 2bn in developing Rijeka railway line until 2020 0
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