Genesee & Wyoming acquisition completed
Brookfield Infrastructure and Singapore’s foreign reserves investor GIC completed the acquisition of the U.S. rail freight company Genesee & Wyoming […]
Freight
U.S. launched rural freight rail modernisation financial plan
The U.S. Department of Transport (USDOT) will launch a new pilot programme to expedite long-term, low-cost loans for America’s short […]
Ukrzaliznytsia to acquire more GE locomotives
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Ukrzaliznytsia and Wabtec signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the delivery of 40 new […]
PKP Cargo wins coal transport contract
PKP Cargo and Enea Elektrownia Połaniec signed the contract for the provision of steam coal transport services. The raw material […]
Kenya launched SGR freight services to Naivasha
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has inaugurated the first freight train services on the standard-gauge line from Nairobi to […]
UWC wins contract to supply 200 standard-gauge flat cars
United Wagon Company (UWC) and Polish company Laude Smart Intermodal signed a contract for the supply of 200 Sgmmns flat […]
Union Pacific completes PTC installation
Union Pacific announced the completion of the Positive Train Control (PTC) implementation, activating its final track segment, a year before […]
RZD and Oslo Port to develop a multimodal transport service
Oslo Port and Kaliningrad Railways, a subsidiary of RZD, signed a memorandum of intent to develop a new multimodal project […]
ETCS Baseline 3 for Vectron approved
Siemens Mobility has obtained Germany’s Federal Railway Authority (EBA) approval for Vectron locomotive equipped with the ETCS Baseline 3. Approval […]
UWC marks its 100,000th freight car manufactured at TVSZ
United Wagon Company has released the 100,000th freight car produced at the Tikhvin Freight Car (TVSZ) building plant, since January […]