Romanian Ministry of Transport tries to prioritise railway projects and to unblock the absorption of EU funds
“We all know that the absorption of European funds is blocked, but step by step we are trying to make […]
Infrastructure
SNCF Focuses SAS® big data analysis on understanding passenger flow
SNCF Gares and Connexions, the French national railway station business unit, selected SAS® analytics for key analysis in Project Magnolia, […]
Serbia: works on Ruma-Golubinci railway (Corridor X) launched
Ruma-Golubinci railway (17.9 km) is the second section funded from Russian loan, and the completition deadline is set for Seprember […]
Turkey: new tender for 80 high speed trains to open soon
Transportation, Maritime and Communication Minister Lütfi Elvan announced that the first national high speed train, which was designed by Turkish […]
Iran needs foreign investors to launch Qazvin-Rasht-Astara railway
Iran needs financial resources to inaugurate the Qazvin-Rasht-Astara railway. Iran’s transport minister Abbas Akhoundi said if the required financial resources […]
Philippines: MTR Corporation and a Japanese company, among potential constructors for a railway project
Philippines Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) announced that is in talks with MTR Corporation (Hong Kong) and a Japanese […]
Turkey: Consultancy offers for Kocaeli light rail
Nine companies presented offers for consultancy for Kocaeli tram project. The light rail tram project consist in a 33 km […]
PKP PLK to receive EUR 100 million EIB finance
European Investment Bank (EIB) evaluates the modernisation of the Warsaw railway node, phase 1: railway lines Warszawa Wlochy – Grodzisk […]
USA: SMART expects 20 mil. dollars funding for rail extension
On the basis of the recommendation from the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, the budget for 2016 recommends the sum of […]
Morocco high speed rail project delayed
The construction of the Tangiers-Casablanca high-speed rail link has been delayed by bureaucratic problems. One of the issues concerns the […]