Peru: Huancayo – Huancavelica rail concession tender launched
Peru’s Private Investment Promotion Agency issued an invitation to prequalify for th concession of comprehensive rehabilitation of Huancayo – Huancavelica […]
Policy
Siemens and Bombardier to merge rail divisions
Siemens AG and Bombardier rail division held talks to combine the rail units, The Wall Street Journal reports, quoting people […]
IFIs announce USD 400 billion to achieve sustainable development goals
The multilateral development banks (MDBs) and IMF signaled plans to extend more than USD 400 billion in financing over the […]
Philippines: Hitachi in talks for a USD 4.4 billion railway project
Hitachi Ltd is in talks with Philippines government for a 200 billion pesos (USD 4.4 billion) railway project in Clark […]
Russian rail freight company Novotrans is sold
Sibirsky Delovoy Soyuz (SDS) sold Novotrans to entrepreneur Konstantin Goncharov. Novotrans provides cargo transportation by rail and is one of […]
PKP might introduce quiet zones on trains
PKP is considering the introduction of quiet zones on its trains, starting with its EIP pendolino services. The move comes […]
Expected prices for Greek assets ‘unrealistically high’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets and expectations from privatisations in Greece are unrealistically high, Christian Kern, the head of […]
High speed rail financial reforms kick off in Taiwan
A financial reform aimed at saving Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) from potential bankruptcy kicked off on July 27th, […]
HaCon and Bytemark join forces for North American Mass Transit
HaCon and Bytemark signed a strategic partnership to deliver fully integrated, market-specific solutions for real-time journey planning and mobile ticketing […]