FYR Macedonia to purchase 3 electric locomotives
Macedonian Railways will launch in the 2nd quarter of 2016 a tender on rolling stock acquisition, new electric locomotives, as […]
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Russia: FGK intends to buy and lease cars
Russian freight car operator Federal Freight Company (FGK), owned by RZD, is considering leasing freight cars from Transgarant, Brunswick, GTLK. […]
Ukraine: Air Express project to be modified
The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine has obtained consent of its Chinese partners to modify the Air Express project to build […]
London: pay as you go ticketing option extended to Swanley
Thousands of rail passengers in north Kent are set for cheaper fares and more convenient journeys from 9 March as […]
Serbia: Zeleznice Srbije to resort to lay-offs
Serbian railway operator Zeleznice Srbije will lay off approx. 2,000 people within the next 12 months and another 4,000 in […]
Direct block train service between Ruhr district and Arad (Romania)
Rail Cargo launches an intermodal train product for unaccompanied combined transport between Germany and Romania. The new service will connect […]
Metrowagonmash to supply new trains in Serbia
A new Russian train, the DP-S, manufactured by the Moscow region-based railcar manufacturer Metrowagonmash, has been operating in Serbia. The […]
Stadler wins a contract in the Netherlands
Stadler has been awarded the contract to manufacture 16 FLIRT3 EMU trains for the operators Syntus bv and Keolis in […]
UK: CMA suggests encouraging rail competition
In a new report, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has called for rail franchising to be overhauled and possibly […]
Latvia inaugurates sorting facility at Skirotava Rail Station
Latvian railroad company Latvijas Dzelzcels hold the opening ceremony for a new sorting facility at Skirotava Rail Station. The sorting […]