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 […]
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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 […]
European Commission signs EUR 12.7 billion CEF grant agreements
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) signed the final grant agreements for the last batch of Connecting Europe Facility […]