“Liteyno-mehanicheskiy zavod” (“Casting and mechanical plant”), a subsidiary of Uzbekistan Railways, plans to increase its freight wagon production to 1200 units by 2019. The plant underwent extensive modernisation, the amounts invested reaching USD 120.2 million. Financing for modernisation project was provided Uzbekistan Railways – USD 71.3 , the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan –USD
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Belarusian Railways and Russian United Wagon Company (UWC) have announced signing a strategic partnership to service freight cars equipped with Barber bogies in Belarus. As part of this partnership, service facilities for freight cars with improved technical and economic characteristics equipped with Barber bogies have been established at all of Belarusian
Russian rolling stock manufacturer UralVagonZavod Research and Production Corporation and Azerbaijan Railways (Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları QSC) signed a contract for the supply of 2,900 freight wagons. The freight wagons to be delivered are universal gondolas, grain cars, tanks for transportation of oil and oil products, hopper cars for cement and other types. According
Croatian company wagon manufacturer Djuro Djakovic Specijalna Vozila and France’s Ermewa Ferroviaire signed a EUR 7.9 million contract for the production and delivery of freight wagons series Falns 64. The contract represents an extension of the agreement signed with Ermewa in August 2014. Djuro Djakovic will deliver the wagons during the second and
The Greenbrier Companies announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire a 19.5% ownership in Amsted-Maxion Hortolandia, the leading railcar manufacturer in South America, for $15 million. The agreement also provides Greenbrier with an option to acquire an additional 40.5% ownership interest, to be exercised no later than September 30, 2017. The
The fleet of Russian RAIL1520 rolling stock leasing company, part of United Wagon Company (UVC) has exceeded 20,000 freight cars. Established in 2011, RAIL1520 has become one of the largest rolling stock leasing companies in the 1520 gauge area. About 60% of RAIL1520 rolling stock fleet is formed of units with
The Greenbrier Companies announced that it received new orders in its first quarter ended November 30, 2014 for 14,100 railcar units valued at USD 1.24 billion. Orders for the quarter include small-cube covered hopper cars for sand and cement transportation, boxcars, double-stack intermodal units, automobile carrying cars, gondolas and tank
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 manufactured railway freight wagon. “Our company’s production capacity allows a production of more than 1,000 cars/ year. In addition, the specificity of our production permits us, if necessary, to immediately react to any demand changes and to reorient
Roslavl Railcar Repair Plant (RVRZ, a subsidiary of RTK) has produced the 1,000-th innovative railcar for “United Wagon Company” (RPC UWC), since the certificate of conformity receipt in the first quarter of 2014. In 2015, RVRZ is planning to supply the fleet of more than 1.5 thousand railcars for UWC. The
Mogilev Carriage Works (MCW, Belarus) has delivered the first batch of 50 drop-bottom gondolas developed for Research and Production Corporation “United Wagon Company” (RPC UWC, Russia) . The wagons with unloading gates of 18-9853 modification, equipped with Barber bogies with an axial load of 25 tf, have been sent to the
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