Environmental challenge
Seeing as railway transport is slowly becoming the main supplier of passenger and freight transport services, due to the extension […]
March 2010
Global steel production increases
The industry is the most vulnerable sector to financial crisis, its vulnerability influencing the world steel demand. According to the […]
Imperio, the latest product Astra Vagoane Călători Arad-Siemens România
In January 2010, Siemens Romania and Astra Vagoane Călători Arad signed the collaboration contract for tram construction. The new Imperio […]
A unique signalling system for Europe “The long way towards an interoperable railway system”
In the beginning of the ‘90s, the European railway industry, with support from the EU institutions, engaged in creating a […]
Private companies stimulate market liberalisation in Bulgaria
The railway market in Bulgaria has known a progress in the liberalisation process of railway transport, mostly due to private […]
The importance of ports in establishing a co-modal transport system
Interview with Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General of the European Seaports Organisation (ESPO) More than 1,200 commercial ports stretch along 100,000 […]
Infrastructure project financing helps increase traffic and interoperability performance
The conference entitled “Projects and solutions for building an interoperable railway network in Central and Eastern Europe” focused on major […]
Eurasia Rail 2010: Central Asia and the Caucasus focus on intermodal transport
Eurasia Rail Summit is one of the largest events in the railway field, dedicated to the Eurasian region. The conference […]
Single Wagon Load, not yet efficient in Romania
With an annual traffic volume of around 100 billion tonnes/km, Single Wagon Load (SWL) covers half of the total volume […]
Guillaume Pepy: Technology at the heart of rail
Guillaume Pepy, president of SNCF, is strongly in favour of strengthening the ‘made in France’ brand for the country’s rail […]