UNIFE welcomes political agreement on EU-Japan FTA but stresses the importance of monitoring rail deal
Following the political agreement, on July 6th, between the European Commission and the Japanese government, UNIFE calls on both parties […]
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“Red Dot” Award for Siemens’ Avenio tram design for Doha
The Siemens Avenio tram for Doha (Qatar), has been honored with the prestigious “Red Dot” Award for Product Design 2017 […]
Giruno train crosses Gotthard Base Tunnel for the first time
Stadler’s EC250 train completed its first crossing of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The EC250’s journey through the longest rail tunnel […]
BDZ to finalize debt repayment to Eurofima this month
Bulgarian railway operator BDZ intends to repay fully its debt to the Switzerland-based European Company for the Financing of Railroad […]
Leica Geosystems acquired InfraMeasure
Measurement technology specialist Leica Geosystems announced the acquisition of InfraMeasure, a rail measurement company. InfraMeasure designed and developed the patent-pending […]
Systra obtains design guidelines contract for Rail Baltica
Joint venture RB Rail has selected Systra as winner of the open competition on design guidelines for the Rail Baltica […]
Moscow launched works on Third Interchange Circuit southern section
Moscow has begun the construction works on Third Interchange Circuit’s southern section, the Ulitsa Novatorov, Vorontsovskaya and Sevastopolsky Prospekt stations. […]
Prague – Dresden HSR study to be completed in 2019
Czech infrastructure manager SŽDC announced that the study on the high-speed connection between Prague and Dresden should be finished in […]
Siemens and Bombardier discuss potential merger of rail activities
Over the past three months, the international press has broadly debated on a potential merger of the rail activities of […]
SNC-Lavalin completes Atkins acquisition
Canadian SNC-Lavalin Group announced that it has completed the acquisition of Atkins, specialized in design, engineering and project management consultancy […]