Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor to cut 55 percent of GHG emissions
India’s Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor will significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years. “The dedicated freight corridor […]
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Hamburg to have more Alstom trains on its U-bahn network
Hamburger Hochbahn (Hamburg U-Bahn operator) will continue to expand and modernize its metro rolling stock fleet. Further 27 type DT5 […]
Siemens to develop railway projects in Iran
Siemens has won several deals to develop railway infrastructure projects in Iran. The European railway manufacturing company and Iranian Railways […]
China opened new rail line
Operations on a new railway line linking Tianjin Municipality (north China) and Baoding City started recently, shortening the commute time […]
Hector Rail acquired locomotives from DB Schenker
Hector Rail has purchased 10 six axle locomotives from DB Schenker (DB Class 151). The locomotives were built in 1972-1978 […]
Rail shuttle Netherlands-Poland explored
A group of Dutch companies, in partnership with government departments, aims to develop an intermodal rail service to the Southern […]
Ukraine: cargo rail transport tariffs could be increased
The indexation of tariffs for cargo transportation by rail on the territory of Ukraine in 2016 depends on the decision […]
Slovenia: new company to manage Koper-Divača rail project
The Slovenian government decided to establish a special company which will manage the construction and operation of the planned second […]
Sofia: new tender for subway construction works
Metropolitan, the state-owned operator of Sofia’s subway, opened a 45 million lev (23 million euros) tender for the construction of […]
Driverless operation for Paris Metro Line 4 from Siemens
Siemens received an order from the Paris public transport operator RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) to equip the 27 […]