Iran launches first automatic railway control system
Iran’s first-ever automatic railway control system was inaugurated on March 19 monitoring the Tehran-Mashhad railway. The highly advanced system is […]
Innovation
Alstom and Calw district sign a letter of intent on the development of a zero emission train
Alstom and Calw district (in Germany) signed a letter of intent for the planned use of new emission-free fuel cell […]
UK: EUR 8.3 million rail innovation competition open for bids
A government-sponsored competition to encourage innovation in the rail industry opened on 17 March 2015. Rail Minister Claire Perry launched […]
Belarusian Railway and UWC signed strategic partnership
Belarusian Railway (BZD) and Research and Production Corporation “United Wagon Company” (UWC) announce that they have entered into a strategic […]
Bulgaria: EUR 1.39 billion Innovation and Competiveness Programme
The European Commission has adopted the 2014-2020 Operational Programme for “Innovation and Competiveness” in Bulgaria, worth around EUR 1.39 billion […]
EIB co-finances rail industry research project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a EUR 50m loan agreement with Swietelsky Baugesellschaft, Austria, to finance a EUR 105m […]
Russia: three training centers to be opened at Central Directorate for Infrastructure
Central Directorate for Infrastructure (CDI), a branch of Russian Railways will open in 2015 three more training centers o provide […]
Bombardier unveils Stockholm metro design
Bombardier Transportation and the Stockholm Traffic Administration presented the design of the new C30 MOVIA metro for the Swedish capital’s […]
EU to support rail traffic improvements in the Dublin area
The EU’s TEN-T Programme will co-finance with over €1 million studies for the introduction of a centralised rail traffic control […]