The first of six multiple units (MU) manufactured for Macedonian Railways by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, CRRC subsidiary, was presented on the 7th of July. At the unveiling ceremony that took place at Zhuzhou, Hunan province, were present a Macedonian delegation led by Minister of Transport and Communications Vlado Misajlovski and CRRC vice-president Lou Qiliang. In
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First Chinese EMU manufactured for Macedonian Railways presented
Alstom’s first Citadis tram for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, arrived at Rio after 20 days of transit from Alstom’s facility in La Rochelle, France where four more others are being produced. This is the first of the 32 tramsets ordered from Alstom by the city of Rio de Janeiro through
Russian Railways (RZD) may propose projects in Brazil and India, potentially to be funded by the BRICS New Development Bank, said the company’s CEO Vladimir Yakunin on the sidelines of the BRICS Business Council. “We have just joined the Business Council, we do not have projects that are in the process
GYSEV CARGO Zrt. has enlarged its freight wagons fleet with 25 container flat wagons manufactured by Romanian company Astra Rail Industries. The units ordered last year have been delivered to Sopron and are ready to commence operating in the environmental-friendly intermodal rail freight transport. The investment worth 700 m forints (around 2.2 m EUR)
PKP Cargo and Greenbrier Europe Wagony Świdnica signed a letter of intent on the production of wagons on 1 July. PKP Cargo will invest nearly PLN 11.5 million in the start-up of the production line. The production will employ about 150 people from PKP Cargo and the labour market and will
The Hungarian Ministry of National Development and a consortium formed by MÁV Ltd and MÁV-START Ltd. have signed a HUF 1.9 billion worth subsidy contract (as part of the Transport Operational Program 2007-13 KÖZOP). The project entitled “Infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance software and IT application consolidation” (INKA) increases the efficiency of maintenance
The Rhenus Rail business unit is becoming more international: national companies in seven European countries will in future expand the services offered by the Rhenus Group as a result of the acquisition of 50 percent of the shares in LTE Logistik- und Transport GmbH. The agreement between Rhenus and LTE
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €45 million by Nordjyske Jernbane in Denmark to supply thirteen Coradia Lint regional trains. The trains will enter into service during the autumn 2017 in Denmark, in particular on the Nordjyllands network. The Coradia Lint 41 is an environmentally friendly low-consumption Diesel Multiple
The Citylink trains of the NET 2012 series from Vossloh’s subsidiaries Vossloh Kiepe and Vossloh Rail Vehicles have been approved by the Federal Railway Agency on June 19, 2015 pursuant to the German Regulations Governing the Construction and Operation of Railways (EBO). Thus, the new light rail vehicles have not