Funding awarded for VIA Rail’s High Frequency project
The Government of Canada and Canada Infrastructure Bank are providing a total of CAD 71.1 million (USD 53.9 million) to […]
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European railway operators ask for air fuel taxation
European railway operators have asked the European Union ministers of finances to end the exemption of customs taxes for the […]
USD 326 million grants for railway projects in the U.S.
The U.S. Federal Railway Administration (FRA) provided USD 326 million funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) […]
EIB to support Estonia’s railway projects
The European Investment Bank has under appraisal a EUR 220 million rail modernisation project in Estonia. The EUR 100 million […]
Network Rail forms a new Southern region
Network Rail has created the new Southern region to which Wessex and South East routes joined, benefiting huge investment to […]
A 28% increase of number of applications under S2R 2019 Call
Under the 2019 Call, Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking received 50 proposals for a total value of EUR 193.9 million and […]
Intesa Sanpaolo to support RZD’s 2025 strategy
Russian Railways and Intesa Sanpaolo Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on further joint work between the two companies and […]
USD 4.4 billion for Sydney Metro West
The Government of New South Wales announced that AUD 6.4 billion (USD 4.4 billion) will be provided for Sydney Metro […]
Interview: EU mobilises all available solutions to reach the 2030 target
The Single European Rail Area. The most ambitious transport target of the European Union which attracts changes, transformations, challenges, tens […]
Hungary requests Chinese funding for Budapest–Belgrade line
Hungarian Ministry of Finance submitted a credit request to the China Exim Bank for the construction of Budapest-Belgrade railway line, […]