Regions
Government cancels Helsinki City Rail Loop
A large majority of the Finnish Goverment on February 24 rejected a major new rail network planned for the capital. […]
Cairo signs contract for 5 stations of the third metro line
Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels signed on February 25 a contract with the French company VINCI Bouygues Travaux Public, as […]
Genesee & Wyoming acquires Freightliner
US based company Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced, on February 24, that it has agreed to acquire approximately 95% of […]
Container train route launched between China and Kazakhstan
On February 26 Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the Kazakh national railway company, launched a regular container train from Lianyungang (China) […]
CEF Transport calls deadline extended
The deadline for the 2014 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport Calls has been just extended to Tuesday 3 March 2015 […]
UIC: IFIs will grant 40% of transport funds to railways
“Worldwide, there is a series of railway infrastructure projects underway, while others are due to be initiated over the next […]
Romania: CFR SA prepares the rehabilitation of 629 km of railways
“We want to access European funds, more specifically CEF funds and in order to do this CFR SA is preparing […]
EIB: Romania faces challenges in financing the railway infrastructure
“The financing of projects is confronted with the investment climate and the regulatory framework, financing conditions and project management. Financing […]
Romanian Ministry of Transport tries to prioritise railway projects and to unblock the absorption of EU funds
“We all know that the absorption of European funds is blocked, but step by step we are trying to make […]