January 2015
Greenbrier announces strategic investment in Brazilian railcar manufacturer
The Greenbrier Companies announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire a 19.5% ownership in Amsted-Maxion Hortolandia, the leading […]
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 […]
Transnet and CSR, MoU for setting up manufacturing plants in South Africa
Transnet and CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive (CSR) signed in December a MoU to set up manufacturing facilities in South Africa […]
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 […]
BLS takes over DB stake in BLS Cargo
BLS and DB Schweiz Holding, part of DB Schenker Rail, have agreed by consensus that the BLS will buy back […]
Armenia, the fourth member of Eurasian Economic Union
Armenia officially joined the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and is the forth member of the union, together with Russia, Kazakhstan […]
Hong Kong West Island metro line starts operation
Alstom has successfully delivered the signalling system equipping Hong Kong’s MTR West Island metro line which started passenger service on […]