New contract signed for railway modernisation in Poland
Polish rail infrastructure manager PKP PLK and Torpol signed a PLN 190 million (EUR 44.5 million) contract for the modernisation […]
July 2017
First passenger train ran on BTK from Turkey to Georgia
The first test train on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars, from Turkey to Georgia was conducted on July 19, 2017, using the completed railway […]
China finances Tehran – Mashhad electrification
Iranian Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohammad Khazaei, and the Vice President of China’s Export-Import Bank, Sun Ping, signed […]
UK: Transport secretary endorses Crossrail 2
Transport secretary Chris Grayling is to work with London’s mayor Sadiq Khan to try and identify an affordable funding package […]
TZV Gredelj supplies first diesel locomotives to U.S.-based NRE
Croatian rolling stock manufacturer TZV Gredelj has begun the delivery of four out of seven GT26 CW diesel locomotives to […]
CRRC Qingdao Sifang introduces prototype monorail train
CRRC Qingdao Sifang announced that it had produced a prototype mounted monorail train with a maximum operational speed of 70 […]
CSX and North Carolina Ports to start new intermodal rail service
Starting with the end of July, North Carolina Ports and CSX will commence a daily, intermodal rail service between Wilmington […]
Kentucky approves funding to improve multimodal freight transport
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) Secretary Greg Thomas has approved the issuance of USD 929,004 in grants to improve multimodal freight […]
Serbia to launch tender for Zemun passenger station
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced that Srbija Voz intends to launch a tender for a […]
Azerbaijan approves MoU with Iran on railway development
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed the decree approving the memorandum of understanding between Azerbaijan Railways and Iranian Railways on the […]