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EC and China sign MoU on “One Belt One Road” initiative
The European Commission and the Chinese government signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the EU-China Connectivity Platform to enhance synergies […]
Pavlodar to purchase new trams
Pavlodar Tram Management Company, Kazakhstan, has received the loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to rehabilitate tram […]
Azerbaijan to receive Alstom locomotives in 2016
Azerbaijan will start receiving AZ8A freight locomotives developed by the Alstom French company at the EKZ (“Electrovoz Kurastyru Zauyty”) JV […]
Indonesia to build high speed rail between Jakarta and Surabaya
Indonesia plans to build a high-speed rail link between the capital Jakarta and second city Surabaya, despite scrapping a shorter […]
S. Africa: Rail Green Policy proposes the conversion to standard gauge
South Africa’s National Rail Policy Green Paper presented by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters, proposed a move from Cape gauge to […]
HS2 Phase One tender launched
On 24 September 2015, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced the £11.8 billion (EUR 16 billion) tender for High […]
Norway to increase capacity on Narvik – Kiruna rail line
John Ragnar Aarseth, the Norwegian Undersecretary within the Ministry of Transport, has inaugurated two new passing loops with a length […]