Renato Mazzoncini, CEO of Italian Railways Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) succeeds Oleg Belozerov as the new Chairman of UIC, for the two – year term 2017-2018. Mazzoncini was unanimously elected during the 89th General Assembly of UIC held in Saint Petersburg at the invitation of Russian Railways (RZD).
“Huge investment programmes are under way or have been envisaged on rail at world level. The European Union has been pursuing Trans European Transport Corridors for almost 20 years now and the recent launch of the JUNCKER plan might help fund technologies on rail; China has developed in the last 15 years an impressive high speed rail system with huge investments; the President-elect of USA is also proposing extensive investments in their country; India is on the verge of a new rail deal; all major world economies are considering developing new corridors comprising rail high speed, including Russia where long distances are much more challenging. In this context, UIC is called to play a substantial and significant role to collect and mutualise experiences as well as advise.
Intercontinental corridors must remain a permanent subject for our association, the infrastructure department shall keep a permanent eye on rail and multimodal corridors, freight and passengers,” Renato Mazzoncini said.
During the 89th General Assembly of UIC, Isa Apaydin, the Director General of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) was elected as the new UIC Vice Chairman.
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