Russian Railways Logistics delivered rails for the Moscow Metro
Russian Railways Logistics organized delivery of 100-meter rails produced by EVRAZ Consolidated West-Siberian Metallurgical Plant (EVRAZ ZSMK) for the Moscow […]
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Alstom wins 2 contrancts in Sweden
Alstom has been awarded a 9-year maintenance contract by SJ (State-owned company) for Västtrafik commuter and regional trains, and a […]
UN adopts first ever Resolution on International Transport Corridors
The UN General Assembly unanimously approved at the end of December the “Resolution on the Role of Transport and Transit […]
Catalan Railways put into service the first new trains
The first two trains of the five acquired by Catalan Railways – Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC) from the Alstom-CAF […]
Bombardier supplies more trains to STIF and SNCF
Bombardier Transportation won an order to supply 42 Regio 2N train sets to the Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France (STIF) and […]
Russia to launch tender for Moscow – Kazan HSR project
For implementing the Moscow – Kazan high-speed rail project, the immediate task is to hold a tender in 2015 to […]
RZD introduces locomotives running on compressed natural gas
The first serially produced mainline gas turbine GT1h-002 has hauled a train weighing 9,000 tons on Moscow Railways. Its first […]
Pendolino introduces high-speed transport in Poland
The Pendolino train, manufactured by Alstom, the first high-speed train to operate in Poland, was put into operation on 14 […]
Successful test run through Eurotunnel
DB Systemtechnik has conducted the first test runs for the new Velaro Eurostar e320 through Eurotunnel between Calais and Folkestone […]
SNCF considers buying UK government’s Eurostar stake
French rail operator SNCF is considering using its pre-emption purchase rights on the Eurostar train service to block certain bidders […]