CFR Marfa operates the first RO-LA train after financing approval
CFR Marfa organised the first RO-LA type transport, under the program funded by the Romanian government’s Environmental Fund Administration on […]
July 2018
A new rail freight corridor could be operational in 2020
Bulgaria’s government said, this July, that it decided to set up an executive council in charge of implementing a EU-backed […]
Victoria orders five additional X’Trapolis trains
Victoria’s public transport authority, Transport for Victoria (TfV), awarded Alstom a EUR 60 million contract for the supply of five […]
Contract signed for Pärnu freight terminal feasibility study
RB Rail AS, and Civitta Estonia – Railistics consortium signed a contract for the feasibility study Pärnu freight terminal, in […]
Britain’s HS1, HS2 and major airports high-speed connection unveiled
British company Expedition Engineering, together with architects Weston Williamson + Partners (WW+P) and planning and development consultants Turley, will submit […]
China to develop its first hyperloop system
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) and Chinese company Tongren Transportation & Tourism Investment Group signed an agreement to develop country’s first […]
Tver Carriage Works to supply FPC 293 coaches
Federal Passenger Company (FPC), a RZD subsidiary, and Tver Carriage Works (TVZ) signed a contract for the supply of 293 […]
Riga – Vilnius – Minsk – Kyiv train to be launched
The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Volodymyr Omelyan, announced that in September railway passenger services from Kyiv to Riga, Vilnius […]
ScotRail launches its new Hitachi 385 Express trains
Starting 24 July, ScotRail put into service the first new Hitachi class 385 electric train on the Glasgow Queen Street-Edinburgh […]
Agreement on Europe-China logistics hubs development signed
The Government of Zhengzhou, FERRMED and UIC signed in Zhengzhou an agreement of cooperation to promote a platform of big […]