1 million passengers on Moscow Central Ring
From 31 December 2016 until 8 January 2017, about one million passengers were transported by Moscow Central Ring’s fast trains, […]
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Lithuanian Railways and OT Logistics sign collaboration agreement
Lithuanian Railways will cooperate with Poland’s OT Logistics company. “Cooperation with the Polish logistic company opens up new opportunities both […]
Alstom-Bombardier consortium to supply SNCF 255 trains
SNCF selected the Alstom-Bombardier consortium to renew the trains on lines D and E of the Île-de-France network. The EUR […]
Poland: Trakcja inks contract for Jaworzno Szczakowa-Trzebinia rail line modernization
Consortium leader Trakcja has signed a PLN 296.5 mln (67.8 million euros) net contract for the modernization of the 14.5 […]
UK: Japanese company bids for West Midlands franchise
East Japan Railway (JR East) has made a joint bid for the West Midlands franchise, making its first attempt to […]
Poland: PKP PLK plans EUR 3 billion tenders in 2017
Poland’s railway infrastructure operator PKP PLK plans to hold PLN 12 bln (2.75 billion euros) worth of tenders in 2017, […]
ProRail to refund regional rail operators
Railway regulator ACM has decided that Dutch railway track operator ProRail should refund regional rail companies EUR 8 million. ProRail […]
EUR 345 million for Southern and Thameslink rail improvement works
UK Department of Transport confirmed £300 million (EUR 345 million) funding for infrastructure improvement works on the Southern and Thameslink […]
Trenitalia to acquire National Express’ c2c rail franchise
UK National Express Group “National Express” has reached an in principle agreement for Trenitalia to acquire the c2c franchise.The total […]
DB Cargo signs rail partnership with Toshiba
DB Cargo has signed a cooperation agreement with Toshiba, one of the Asian suppliers of rail vehicle technology. The agreement […]