UK: Birmingham New Street station receives excellence award
Network Rail, in partnership with Atkins, received the ‘station excellence’ award at the Rail Business Awards for the new Birmingham […]
Infrastructure
Croatia: Dugo Selo-Krizevci upgrade contract awarded again to local association
Croatian railway infrastructure operator HZ Infrastruktura upheld its decision to award the upgrade of the Dugo Selo–Krizevci rail route to […]
Port of Barcelona receives EU funds for rail access
The European Commission (EC) has granted EUR 36.1 million to the Port of Barcelona and Adif (the Spanish rail infrastructure […]
Trains to be launched on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
Regular railway trips are planned to be launched on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route in 2016, Kanat Alpysbayev, vice-president of […]
KTZ and Iranian Railways to build a terminal at Bandar Abbas port
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy CEO, Askar Mamin, met with the heads of Iranian transport companies to discuss Kazakhstan’s integration into the […]
Austria inaugurates two rail freight transport corridors
Until 2030 a total of nine rail freight corridors will be created in Europe. Two of these corridors run through […]
USD 500 million under TIGER programme
U.S. Department of Transport announced that USD 500 million will be available for transportation projects across the country under an […]
Commission requests seven Member States to transpose directive establishing single European railway area
The European Commission has requested Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Romania to transpose Directive 2012/34/EU establishing […]
Bidders shortlisted for Melbourne Metro Rail early works
Victorian Government announced that three bidders have been shortlisted to deliver the first stage of works on the Melbourne Metro. […]
The 1st section of Bucharest metro L5 is 67 percent completed
“Line 5 of Bucharest metro, Raul Doamnei – Eroilor section is 67 percent finalised. The EUR 571 million project includes […]