A 4 metre corridor is being added to the Gotthard route in order to encourage a further shift of transalpine freight transport from road to rail. The largest sub-project within
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The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual safety report published today, welcomes the rail industry’s strong track record on improving safety and highlights the need for it to meet

Western European and North American economies invest increasingly in rail while in Central and Eastern European countries the focus continues to be on roads, shows latest study of the International Transport Forum.

Russian rail freight operators’ margins will come under pressure in 2015-2016 as a decline in cargo volumes becomes more pronounced
ABB has won orders worth around $90 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail to enable sustainable high-speed, suburban and
Skinest Rail has submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission over the modernization and renovation of the vehicles of the
The European Commission has adopted the 2014‑2020 Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (LIOP) for Romania, which is an important investment package

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided two loans totalling over PLN 320 million for the purchase of modern and
Siemens and Sinara Group sign MoU for the production of Sapsan high-speed trains in Russia

In celebration of their Ural Locomotives JV’s 5th anniversary, Siemens and Sinara Group signed on the 9th of July a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
- First Chinese EMU manufactured for Macedonian Railways presented
- Russian Railways’ projects for Brazil and India potentially funded by BRICS New Development Bank
- New freight wagons for GYSEV CARGO Zrt.
- PKP Cargo and Greenbrier to start joint production of freight wagons
- Bombardier signs major rolling stock and maintenance contracts for Transport for London’s LOTRAIN Project
- Alstom to supply 13 Coradia Lint regional trains to Nordjyske Jernbane
- New Vossloh LRVs for Karlsruhe approved for railway operation
- New approval systems for rail interoperability and safety
- Mechel certifies rails to be supplied to Russian Railways
- Moldovan Railway seeks consultant for assistance in the implementation of an Energy Efficiency Programme
- EC unveils record EUR 13.1 bn investment plan in 276 transport projects
- Huawei and Alstom complete world’s first 4G LTE multi-services trials based on CBTC
- MAV inaugurates GSM-R monitoring and control center
- EIB lends EUR 180 million to ADIF Alta Velocidad
- Free WiFi in 108 public transport stations in Moscow
- Alstom hands over a H3 hybrid locomotive to Volkswagen
- Stadler EMUs enter service in Serbia
- Declaration on the implementation of Rail Baltica project signed
- Stadler wins new EMU contract from MÁV-Start