Govia starts running expanded Thameslink franchise
Govia has begun running its Thameslink and Great Northern rail services – the first phase of the new Govia Thameslink […]
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Majority of freight containers shipped from the Baltic Sea’s eastern shores were handled in Saint Petersburg, Klaipeda and Riga
Saint Petersburg is the leader with 1.4 million units (TEU), followed by Klaipeda – 253,496 TEU, Riga – 218,135 TEU, […]
London Underground awards contract to build Northern line extension
London Underground (LU) has announced its intention to award the contract to design and build the Northern line extension from […]
China and UK to cooperate in high-speed rail project
China is willing to deepen practical cooperation with Britain, enhance cooperation in nuclear energy, high-speed rails, finance and technology, and […]
OBB launches a tender for second-hand electric locomotives certified to operate in Slovenia
Austrian Federal Railways’ subsidiary ÖBB Produktion published a tender for five second-hand electric locomotives certified to operate in Slovenia. This […]
Alstom, supplier for Australia’s first fully-automated rail network
Alstom will deliver Sydney’s new generation of rapid transit trains as part of the North West Rail Link, Australia’s first […]
Kazakhstan for the first time in its history built two new railroads
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev gave start to new Zhezkazgan-Beineu and Arkalyk-Shubarkol railway lines. “The new railroads will determine the […]
Thailand’s government approved a USD 23 billion to upgrade the national railway system
The eight-year spending program covers a broad upgrade to much of the rail network, including high-speed rail eventually linking up […]
Authorities want to privatise Ferrovie dello Stato
Italy’s transportation Minister Maurizio Lupi said that the government has asked the board of state railway Ferrovie dello Stato to […]
Kenya invests USD 20M for rail operation improvment
Rift Valley Railways (RVR-Africa) has received a loan of Sh1.8 billion (USD 20M) from the South African-based Standard Bank to […]