PKP plans new privatisations
Polish state railway group PKP is preparing the sale of shares in other subsidiaries. PKP Intercity, the long-distance passenger transport […]
October 2014
AAE and Knorr-Bremse agree on service partnership
To ensure secure supplies of replacement parts and bring about a further reduction in maintenance downtimes, AAE AG is banking […]
Transnet and BHP, contract for export coal on rail
Transnet and the South African coal unit of mining company BHP Billiton agreed to a 10-year contract for export coal […]
Thales inaugurates Innovation Hub in Singapore
Thales officially inaugurated the Thales Innovation Hub Singapore, which represents the Group’s first multidisciplinary innovation centre outside of Europe. The […]
Turkey to launch E1000 Type Electric Locomotive in November
Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Fikri Işık announced that Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has developed a one-megawatt-power electric locomotive, […]
Siemens extends first driverless metro line in Paris
Siemens has received an order from the Paris transit authority RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) to supply the train […]
Turkey, interested in BTK
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the project for construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway is very important for Turkey. […]
Rail Baltica JV to be established in late October
The joint venture between the three Baltic states that will carry out the European-standard gauge railway project Rail Baltica, should […]
Azerbaijani Railways transports 16M tons of cargo in 2014
Azerbaijan Railways transported 16 million metric tons worth of cargo in January-September 2014, Head of the company Arif Asgarov said. […]