Cairo Metro to receive EBRD loan for new trainsets purchase
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering an 18 years sovereign loan to finance the purchase of […]
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Singapore orders 12 metro trains
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded a S$136.8 million (USD 96.7 million) contract to Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao […]
Lima Metro receives WB financing
The World Bank Board approved a USD 300 million financing for the construction of a new line of the Lima […]
Ireland: Dart Underground project must be redesigned
Irish Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe announced that the DART Underground project will not proceed as currently designed but will be […]
Hokkaido Shinkansen to be launched in March 2016
Hokkaido Railway Co. and East Japan Railway Co announced that Hokkaido Shinkansen Line will be put into commercial service on […]
Reloc – Electroputere VFU Craiova developed the first Romanian locomotive operating exclusively on biodiesel or vegetable oil
An eco-friendly locomotive engine, which operates exclusively on biodiesel or vegetable oil with no diesel added and has the same […]
Poland launches the first tender under National Railway Programme
Poland’s railway infrastructure manager PKP PLK launched the tender on Warsaw – Bialystok railway line modernization project. This tender opens […]
Kazakhstan to commission USD 412 million rail plant
Kazakhstan plans to commission the Aktobe rail and structural steel plant in December 2015, the Development Bank of Kazakhstan announced. […]