China-Thailand railway line to be completed until 2020
Thai Transport Minister Prajin Juntong expects the double-track railway linking southern China, Laos and central Thailand will be completed within […]
July 2015
Philippines: Hitachi in talks for a USD 4.4 billion railway project
Hitachi Ltd is in talks with Philippines government for a 200 billion pesos (USD 4.4 billion) railway project in Clark […]
Alstom to deliver 17 Coradia Polyvalent trains to SNTF
Alstom has signed a contract with Algeria’s Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires (SNTF) to supply 17 Coradia Polyvalent inter-city trains. […]
Russian rail freight company Novotrans is sold
Sibirsky Delovoy Soyuz (SDS) sold Novotrans to entrepreneur Konstantin Goncharov. Novotrans provides cargo transportation by rail and is one of […]
Taiwan: Kaohsiung light rail system begins testing
Kaohsiung’s Mass Rapid Transit Bureau began a week-long test of the country’s first light rail system. A passenger trial run […]
PKP might introduce quiet zones on trains
PKP is considering the introduction of quiet zones on its trains, starting with its EIP pendolino services. The move comes […]
Expected prices for Greek assets ‘unrealistically high’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets and expectations from privatisations in Greece are unrealistically high, Christian Kern, the head of […]
Montecargo no longer in the red in H1 2015
Montenegrin rail freight operator Montecargo announced it turned to a net profit of 493,800 euros in the first half of […]