Russia finances Cuba’s locomotive acquisition contract
Cuban Union Railways, the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) and Sinara Transport Machines have entered into […]
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Scomi Engineering to increase stake in Brazilian rolling stock manufacturer
Scomi Engineering Bhd plans to acquire a 42.25% stake in Brazil-based Quota Capital of Quark Fabricacao de Equipamentos Ferroviarios e […]
Scomi Engineering receives additional contract for Sao Paulo monorail
Scomi Engineering Bhd has secured additional works for the Line 17 – Gold of the Sao Paulo monorail project in […]
Indra to supply multiservice IP/MPLS communications network for Chilean Railroads
The Chilean railroad company, Grupo EFE, has entrusted Indra a 10-year contract for the supply, installation, configuration, testing and maintenance […]
Rio de Janeiro starts tram operation
Alstom celebrated, with VLT Carioca concession company and the city of Rio de Janeiro, the start of operations of its […]
Greenbrier enters capital of railcar castings company Amsted-Maxion Cruzeiro
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 19.5% ownership stake in Amsted-Maxion Cruzeiro for USD […]
Chile: Valparaíso Port launches rail transport through its terminals
The state port administrator of Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso (EPV), Chile, has reactivated a rail freight service for container shipments through […]
Brazil TCU stops federal funding for Transnordestina railway project
The Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) of Brazil prohibited new transfers of public funding to the Transnordestina railway project, which […]
Costa Rica Railway intends to buy trains
Although the funds are not yet available, nor is there legislative authority to borrow, the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) […]
SOLONONplus to increase cable safety for railway industry
Southwire announced the launch of SOLONONplus, a low smoke non-halogen cross linked polyolefin cable, designed for applications where flexibility, fire […]