CRRC establishes freight train producer
CRRC has restructured its freight train business establishing CRRC Qiqihar Group Co, with a registered capital of USD 1 billion […]
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Beskyd railway tunnel opened
Ukraine’s President, Petro Poroshenko, inaugurated the 1.8-km Beskyd railway tunnel, which crosses the mountains between the towns of Beskid and […]
Romanian Railway Reform Authority, first steps for rolling stock procurement
The consortium selected by EIB-PASSA has begun working on the elaboration of the documents necessary for the procurement of passenger […]
Transmashholding and Hitachi agree on JV establishment
Kirill Lipa, CEO of Transmashholding and Kiyoshi Nakata, Deputy COO Rolling Stock of Railway Systems Business Unit at Hitachi signed […]
Autonomous trains approved in Western Australia
Australia’s Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator granted Rio Tinto the accreditation for autonomous operation of trains at the […]
USD 11 billion GE – Wabtec merger approved
On May 21, the Boards of Directors of Wabtec and General Electric approved the USD 11.1 billion merger. Under the […]
2018 CEF Transport Calls launched
The European Commission has launched the 2018 Connecting Europe Facility Transport call for project proposals, with an indicative available budget […]
Spain will tender the maintenance of over 420 trains
The contract will have a value of EUR 450 million, will run for a four-year period, and the organiser of […]
Croatian Railways needs investments of around EUR 7 billion
Croatia’s railway infrastructure continues to remain behind the railway networks of other member states of the European Union, at least […]
Digital strategy for Britain’s railway launched
Network Rail Chief Executive, Mark Carne, launched on May 10 the National Digital Railway Strategy, setting out a fifteen-year roadmap […]