Wabtec and GE Transportation merger to be closed in Q1 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its review of the pending merger of Wabtec and GE Transportation, a business […]
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The first GE locomotive entered services in Ukraine
Ukrainian Railways has put into commercial services the first of the 30 Evolution Series locomotives from GE Transportation. Acting Ukrainian […]
Mercitalia Maintenance to overhaul freight railcars in Italy
Mercitalia Maintenance was established as a new company of the Polo Mercitalia (FS Italiane Group) specialised in the maintenance and […]
Beacon to lease 9 Bitrac locomotives to SNCF Captrain España
Beacon Rail Leasing has acquired 9 dual-mode Bitrac locomotives from Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, for lease to SNCF Captrain […]
OTIF and UNESCAP sign MoU for rail transport development in Asia
The Executive Secretary of UNESCAP, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, and the Secretary General of OTIF, Bas Leermakers, signed a memorandum of […]
Romanian railway company asks for European support to promote eco-friendly locomotives
ROMANIA EUROEST has asked the European Parliament Liaison Office in Romania, the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cretu and […]
Rail Operations Group orders two Flex trains
Porterbrook is supplying the Rail Operations Group (ROG) with bi-mode Flex trains to support the company’s expansion into the rail […]
PKP Cargo extends its agreement with PGE Group
PKP Cargo signed a EUR 155 million (PLN 665 million) contract for hard coal and limestone transport services for the […]
Rio Tinto ‘successfully’ deployed its autonomous train project
Rio Tinto successfully deployed the AutoHaul project, establishing the world’s largest robot and first automated heavy-haul, long distance rail network. […]
Metafrax orders additional tank cars from UWC
United Wagon Company will deliver Metafrax, a Russian producer of methanol, 100 new generation tank cars. The car (model 15-6880) […]