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
St. Petersburg Metro has launched a new tender for the purchase of 20 metro cars with asynchronous traction drive. The value of the contract is RUB 10.5 billion. The deadline for submitting bids is the 12th of May 2015. The 8-car trains sets will to enter operation on Kirov-Vyborg subway line. Deliveries are expected between with 2016
Alstom will supply 5 new Citadis trams to Bordeaux Métropole, completing the existing fleet of 100 trams already in circulation on the 79 km of track which makes up the network. With a total of 105 trams ordered since the year 2000, Bordeaux will own one of the largest tram
Russian Railways (RZD) signed a memorandum of understanding with Thailand’s Banpu Public Company Limited on building a new railway line and marine coal terminal at Banpu’s mining concession in East Kalimantan (Borneo Island). The construction works are expected to start in 2016. The value of the project is estimated at USD 2.5 billion. In order
Portugal’s Council of Ministers approved the plan for the privatisation of state-owned rail freight operator CP Carga – Logística e Transportes Ferroviários de Mercadorias SA and Railway Equipment Maintenance Company (EMEF) on March 26. The procedure is expected to be completed before the end of July. Moody’s rating agency has issued a
Russian Railways and Vietnam Railways have sign a memorandum of understanding, in the framework of the official visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. According to the document, the organisations will cooperate in the areas of logistics, infrastructure projects, experience exchange, scientific and technical information sharing. The
On 19 and 20 March 2015, Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc met in Innsbruck with the Transport Ministers of the seven Alpine States – Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland and Liechtenstein to discuss the development of transport solutions across the Alpine region. The Commissioner and the Ministers confirmed their joint
CNR Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company has presented two units of the country’s most powerful AC drive shunting locomotive. HXN3B shunting locomotive is a 4400 hp AC Drive Electric Locomotive, providing a maximum speed of 100km/h. The locomotive’s power is three times more compared to conventional DC locomotives, starting tractive effort was increased by 16%,
Trenitalia has placed an EUR 98 million order for 70 Vivalto regional double-deck coaches manufactured by Finmeccanica – AnsaldoBreda. The Italian passenger operator has exercised the option included in the previous contract signed in March 2010. The order covers 56 intermediate coaches and 14 push-pull driving cars. The vehicles will be manufactured in Pistoia and
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