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Kosovo receives EBRD loan for railway infrastructure upgrade
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a EUR39.9m loan to Kosovo for the modernisation of its […]
Alstom begins production of locomotives for Azerbaijan
Alstom has begun developing the components for AZ8A electric freight locomotives, intended for supply to Azerbaijan, Martin Vaujour, director of […]
Iran, Czech Republic to cooperate on Isfahan’s light rail
In a meeting with visiting Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek, the mayor of the central city of Isfahan called for […]
Turkey, Iran and Pakistan to relaunch Gül train
Pakistan, Iran and Turkey are working on relaunching Turkey – Pakistan Gül train (formerly known as ECO train). As announced […]
Alstom to launch signalling engineering centre in Russia
Alstom, Transmashholding, Research and the Design Institute for Information Technology, the Automation and Communication in Railway Transport (NIIAS), and Skolkovo […]
Astana unveils passenger electric locomotive
The Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Plant of Astana (EKZ) presented their KZ4AT passenger electric locomotive, jointly developed with Alstom and Transmashholding. […]
Philippines approves additional infrastructure projects
Philippine President Benigno Aquino approved the rollout of an additional 130.65 billion pesos (USD 2.8 billion) of infrastructure projects, including […]
Indonesia abandons high speed rail line project
Indonesia has unexpectedly abandoned plans for its first high-speed railway in favour of a slower rail option. The high-speed rail […]
Alstom unveils the design of Kochi Metropolis trainset
The design of the new Metropolis trainset for Kochi in India was unveiled on September 4th by Kochi Metro Rail […]