Maryland: Preferred bidder chosen for Purple Line project
The Purple Line Transit Partners consortium has been selected by the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) as preferred bidder for […]
March 2016
Latvia interested in railway cooperation with Lithuania
Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis underscored Latvia’s interest in rebuilding the Mazeikiai-Renge railway section between Latvia and Lithuania, during the […]
Sofia: new metro station to open soon
The new Vitosha station on line 2 of the Sofia metro will be opened on 31 July. This was announced […]
Netherlands: Syntus and Keolis acquire EMUs from Stadler
Stadler has been awarded the contract to manufacture 16 FLIRT3 electric multiple-unit (EMU) trains for the operators Syntus bv and […]
Ricardo finishes Lloyd’s Register Rail acquisition
Ricardo plc has confirmed that, following the Chinese government’s approval, the transfer of a small rail joint venture (JV) owned […]
US: Vertex Railcar Corp. sets up leasing company
Railroad tank cars manufacturer Vertex Railcar Corporation announced the launch of Vertex Rail Leasing, LLC. Vertex Rail Leasing is a […]
World Bank asked to create railway fund for India
The World Bank has been approached to explore the possibility of setting up a Railway Infrastructure Development Fund, Railway Minister […]
Profit increase for LDz Cargo
Latvian rail freight carrier LDz Cargo, a subsidiary of Latvijas Dzelcels, earned a profit of EUR 2.87 million in 2015, […]
Greece: EU could claim return of rail subsidies
The Greek Railways could be forced to return state subsidies of over 5 billion euros and several millions in European […]
Alstom hackathon for new ideas on Paris metro
Alstom will organize a hackathon based on the connected metro, in collaboration with Ecole 42, a French computer programming school […]