South Africa and Botswana agree to improve rail freight connection
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Botswana Rail (BR) signed a cooperation agreement to improve the rail freight connection to boost […]
Policy
BDZ Cargo in talks for WB financing
Bulgaria’s state-owned rail freight operator BDZ Cargo started talks with the World Bank for the implementation of its investment programme […]
Coradia Polyvalent platform divestment completed
Alstom has concluded the divestment of its Coradia Polyvalent platform, its Reichshoffen production site in France and its Talent 3 […]
CDPQ enters negotiation to acquire Akiem
SNCF and DWS, the Akiem shareholders, entered into exclusive negotiations with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) on […]
EBRD approves funding for tram extension in Sarajevo
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved a sovereign loan of up to EUR 25 million to Bosnia […]
EC approves Spanish scheme for rail freight transport
The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules a EUR 285 million Spanish scheme to encourage freight transport […]
Biden sets up a board to solve rail freight conflicts
The US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order establishing a presidential emergency board (PEB) to solve the ongoing […]
Serbia obtains EBRD funding for key rail project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced the provision of a tranched sovereign loan of up to EUR […]
EC approves EUR 5.4 billion for hydrogen development
The European Commission has approved the IPCEI Hy2Tech programme, providing up to EUR 5.4 billion under the State aid rules […]
PJM obtains TÜV approval for its automatic brake testing
TÜV has evaluated and positively approved without further conditions the automated brake testing developed by PJ Monitoring GmbH (PJM) in […]