St. Petersburg may delay metro projects
According to Governor Georgy Poltavchenko, St. Petersburg may delay metro development projects. Although “the funding of metro construction projects will […]
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VSW gets European certificate for railway wheels
Vyksa Steel Works (VSW) has had its new railway wheels design certified as being in accordance with European TSI requirements. […]
Capital raise for RZD
The Russian government will inject 50 billion rubles (673 million euros) into the capital of RZD through an additional share […]
Ireland: expanding the railway network is not a priority
The Irish Transport Ministry’s priority for funding heavy rail is to protect the operational network and to maintain safety standards […]
EC suspects Lithuanian Railways of having limited competition on the rail markets in Lithuania and Latvia
The European Commission has informed the Lithuanian railway incumbent Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (LG) that it suspects the company of having limited […]
Transport associations declare opposition to potential splitting of 4th Railway Package
With discussions of the technical and market pillars of the Fourth Railway Package beginning again under the Latvian Presidency of […]
France: Languedoc-Roussillon launches the “one-Euro train”
For the first time in France, the authorities in the Languedoc-Roussillon region have inaugurated the “one-Euro train” to increase the […]
France to tighten SNCF tariff control
Considering SNCF’s recent tariff increase as “bad omen”, the French Minister of Ecology and Energy, Madame Ségolène Royal, announced that […]
OBB to supply MÁV with trains
Austrian OBB, the sole bidder in a tender to supply trains to Hungarian railway MÁV, is scheduled to deliver 55 […]