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Estonia: Elron plans to purchase new trains

  Estonia: Elron plans to purchase new trains

The Estonian state-owned railway passenger operator Elron plans to purchase five-car train sets to operate on Tallinn-Tartu route. The value of

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Eesti Raudtee financial results for 2014

  Eesti Raudtee financial results for 2014

Estonian state-owned railway infrastructure company, AS Eesti Raudtee reported revenues of EUR 55.5 million and a net loss of EUR

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Baltic countries submit joint EC funding application for Rail Baltica

  Baltic countries submit joint EC funding application for Rail Baltica

Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania and the joint-stock company RB Rail have submitted a joint application to the European Commission signed

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Estonia: EUR 12.8 million for improving multimodal connectivity at railway stations

  Estonia: EUR 12.8 million for improving multimodal connectivity at railway stations

The Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications announced that an amount of EUR 12.8 million from EU’s Cohesion Fund will be

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Estonian rail freight operator EVR Cargo hauled 15.8 million tons in 2014

  Estonian rail freight operator EVR Cargo hauled 15.8 million tons in 2014

Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo hauled 15.76 million tons in 2014, remaining just 0.85 per cent or 135

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RVU Baltia presents first post-independence Latvian rail freight wagon

  RVU Baltia presents first post-independence Latvian rail freight wagon

Rīgas Vagonbūves Uzņēmums “Baltija”  (RVU Baltia) in collaboration with Latvian Railways (LDZ) subsidiary LDZ RollingStock Service (RSS) presented the first post-independence Latvian designed and

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Rail Baltica JV agreement to be signed on the 28th of October

  Rail Baltica JV agreement to be signed on the 28th of October

Latvia’s Transport Minister Anrijs Matiss stated that the preparations for Rail Baltica JV had been finalized and the agreement would be signed

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The share of rail in EU28 inland freight transport around 18.6% in 2012

In 2012, EU28 inland freight transport amounted to 2 186 billion tonne-kilometers, down by 11.7% compared with its level in

Commission requests Estonia, Greece and Hungary to fully transpose EU legislation on rail safety

The European Commission has requested Estonia, Greece and Hungary to bring their national rules in line with Directive 2004/49/EC on railway safety. In both Greece and Estonia,

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Estonian rail freight carrier’s cargo volume down by 4.4 % in first half-year

Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.14 million tons in June, increasing by 4.2 per cent

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