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
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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
Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Trenitalia has presented to Mr Enrico Rossi, President of the Toscana Region (Regione Toscana) the new trains manufactured by Pesa and Alstom. The event took place at Florence Santa Maria Novella railway station, on February 13. The 13 Swing DMUs (ATR 220) manufactured by Polish Pesa Bydgoszcz, two purchased by Trenitalia and
Serbian Railways will soon be separated into three companies: railway infrastructure manager, railway freight operator and passenger operator, said Zorana Mihajlovic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure. The entities will initially carry out operations as part of a holding company and after a transition period will operate independently.
Czech national passenger operator České dráhy (ČD) and Skoda Vagonka signed a CZK 1.2 billion (approximately EUR 43.5 million) framework contract for the supply of up to 11 RegioPanter EMUs. The two-car Class 650 units with 147 seats will have first and second class seats, modern vacuum toilets, optical and acoustical passenger
The number of passengers transported between Ukraine and Russia in 2014 went down by 60% compared to 2013, or by 3 million people, stated Ihor Breus, the head of the department of long-distance passenger transportation at Ukrzaliznytsia. The number of passengers on international routes last year fell by 63% and on
EIB lends EUR 950 million to Italian Economics and Finance Ministry for FS conventional rail network
European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Italian Economics and Finance Ministry have signed an agreement for financing Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI)’s investment programme. The loan agreement totalling almost EUR 1bn (EUR 950m to be exact) to finance the upgrading of conventional railway lines and regional and local routes in northern and southern
Škoda Transportation won a tender for the supply of 38 single-deck electric units for the British operator National Express, which was awarded the contract for providing suburban transport (S-Bahn) in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, in the period from 2018 to 2030. The total value of the contract will exceed ten billion
Bulgarian National railway infrastructure company (NRIC) has signed EUR 18.5 million contracts. Two contracts were signed with Vector Bul (Lot 1, BGN 1 million) and Association CE 22 (lot 2, BGN 8.8 million) for Update of detailed project design for Vidin – Sofia and project preparation for Vidin – Medkovets ( 66 km) railway section