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    Alstom-led consortium awarded hot axle box and blocked brake detectors contract

Alstom-led consortium awarded hot axle box and blocked brake detectors contract

Romanian state-owned infrastructure manager CFR SA has awarded Alstom Transport – PAS Impex consortium a contract for design and installation works of hot axle box and blocked brake detectors. The contract value is RON 55 million (EUR 12.5 million). The project is financed under the Sectoral Operational Programme “Transport” (SOP-T) 2007 – 2013. The period of works

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CFR SA signs contracts for bridges and culverts rehabilitation

Romanian state owned infrastructure manager, CFR SA has signed two contracts worth EUR 7.5 million for bridges and culverts rehabilitation works for Iasi regional subsidiary. Daria Const – Compania Constructii Feroviare consortium was awarded a EUR 3.1 million contract (lot 2) for the rehabilitation of two bridges and seven culverts on Iasi railway network . Works will take 23 months to complete. For Lot

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    Romania’s largest private rail passenger operator suspends operations

Romania’s largest private rail passenger operator suspends operations

Regiotrans, Romania’s largest private rail passenger operator ceases operations, has suspended its operations until further notice. The Romanian Railway Safety Authority has cancelled its operator licence due to several technical issues identified in 29 railcars, according to the local press. Regiotrans has a fleet of 68 railcars, 10 push pulls and 10 LE locomotives. RegioTrans launched

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    New privatisation deadline for Romania’s state-owned rail freight operator

New privatisation deadline for Romania’s state-owned rail freight operator

The privatization process of the Romanian state-owned rail freight operator CFR Marfa will be completed in 2016, following the agreement signed with the International Monetary Fund, stated by Ioan Rus, Minister of Transport. Present at the inauguration of Deutsche Bahn Accounting Center for Europe in Bucharest, Rudiger Grube, CEO of Deutsche Bahn, stated that

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    Documentation for Bucharest underground network connection with Otopeni Airport ready in April

Documentation for Bucharest underground network connection with Otopeni Airport ready in April

The documentation for Bucharest underground Line VI, Gara de Nord – Henri Coandă Otopeni Airport Otopeni Airport connection will be ready next month, stated Ioan Rus, Romanian Minister of Transport for the local press. Metrorex plans to allocate RON 38.5 million (EUR 8.6 MILLION) for Line VI design, consultancy and

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    Romania: Hill International N.V. – lead consortium signs EUR 1.9 million consultancy services contract

Romania: Hill International N.V. – lead consortium signs EUR 1.9 million consultancy services contract

Romanian state owned infrastructure manager, CFR SA and Hill International N.V.- lead consortium have signed a RON 8.4 million (EUR 1.9 million) consultancy services contract for the verification of the technical project, execution details and the supervision of the construction works for the project Rehabilitation of Frontieră (Border) – Curtici -

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    Romania requests over EUR 890 million for the modernisation of railway lines under CEF programme

Romania requests over EUR 890 million for the modernisation of railway lines under CEF programme

Romania has submitted 14 transport projects worth over EUR 1.18 billion to be financed under the “Connecting Europe Facility” (CEF) programme, a statement from the Ministry of European Funds (MFE) informs. In the railway sector, EUR 890 million have been requested for the modernisation of Braşov-Apata and Cata-Sighişoara railway sections, part of Brasov – Sighisoara

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    New Sinara TG16M series two-section locomotive on trials

New Sinara TG16M series two-section locomotive on trials

The first new TG16M series two-section locomotive produced by Russian locomotive manufacturer Sinara Transport Machines commenced operations in December 2014. A total of 32 locos will be used by RZhD Russian Railways on the Pacific Island of Sakhalin. The inauguration ceremony took place at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, station. For a period of

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    Romania’s Softronic Craiova and Hungary’s LAC establish JV

Romania’s Softronic Craiova and Hungary’s LAC establish JV

Romania’s Softronic Craiova and Hungary’s LAC Holding have singed the document establishing a JV to manufacture electric locomotives in Hungary. Present at the event, economy ministry state secretary Béla Glattfelder said the Hungarian government and the ministry would support the launch of the Hungarian engine production. The JV could create 50 new

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    Greece’s new government to cancel privatisations plans

Greece’s new government to cancel privatisations plans

The new Greek government announced that the state privatization fund (TAIPED) will halt the sale of 67 percent stake in the port of Piraeus, the deputy minister in charge of shipping informed. “We will not sell a majority stake in Piraeus port,” Thodoris Dritsas told Reuters. “The Cosco deal will be reviewed to the benefit

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