Canada: Moose seeks authorization for new rail service
The Moose (Mobility Ottawa-Outaouais: Systems & Enterprises) Consortium applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) seeking federal government authorization to […]
Financial
Japan: Kyushu Railway to be listed this year
Southwestern Japan rail operator Kyushu Railway Co. has filed to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Given the time typically […]
Iran receives railway loan
Deputy Minister of Road and Urban Development, Ali Noorzad, has announced a USD 500 million loan from the Republic of […]
Germany to support Ukraine rail development
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman announced that Germany intends to provide EUR 300 million to Ukraine for energy, infrastructure and […]
Uganda government to sign railway loan
Uganda is likely to sign a loan agreement for the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR) by October 2016, […]
Japan to fund Sri Lanka LRT feasibility study
Sri Lanka will go ahead with a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system for public transport in the proposed Megapolis urban […]
Philippines: support for Manila-Clark railway project
The state-run operator of Clark International Airport in Pampanga backed plans for new railway lines linking the gateway to Metro […]
Maryland’s Purple Line financing secured
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Purple Line Transit Partners, LLC, have signed the final financial documents on the […]
Bulgaria: additional funds for infrastructure projects
The Bulgarian government made additional changes to the Transport and Transport Infrastructure Operational Programme for the 2014-2020 programme period as […]
All Poland’s CEF second call rail projects are eligible
The European Commission positively assessed all applications submitted by Polish Railways under the CEF second call. EU will support 10 […]