Russia: SUEK to buy 10,000 freight cars
Russia’s largest coal producer SUEK is to invest RUR 18 – 22 billion (USD 333 – 407 million) into freight […]
Regions
Greece: EC to create a Joint Working Group to make the most of European Structural and Investment Funds
It has been decided to create a Joint Working Group between the Commission and the Greek authorities to help Greece […]
Turkish opposition wants to create a ‘mega city’
Turkey’s main opposition party has revealed it wants to create a USD 200 billion “mega city” in Anatolia, Anadolu agency […]
Russia to localize foreign railway equipment production
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued an order “Regarding Approval of the Action Item Plan to Replace […]
High-speed line Beijing-Astana-Moscow to be implemented soon
The project to build high-speed line Beijing-Astana-Moscow is now being discussed at a high level, Kazakhstan First Deputy Prime Minister […]
Malaysia interested in Japanese rail technology
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with his visiting Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak, putting an eye on the transfer of […]
Thailand-Japan to sign MoC on the construction of new rail lines
Thailand and Japan elaborated the draft of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on new railway project, Bangkok Post reports. The […]
Ukraine: Lviv to launch tender for the acquisition of new trams
Lviv Municipal Enterprise, Lvivelektrotrans, invites sealed tenders to supply new three-section articulated tram vehicles. The trams vehicles shall be built […]
Vossloh and VR Track found two joint ventures in Finland
Vossloh and VR Track, a subsidiary of the Finnish state-owned railway company VR Group, form two joint ventures. Together with […]
Siemens to deliver 12 Avenio light rail vehicles to Ulm
Siemens and SWU Verkehr GmbH (subsidiary of Ulm municipal authority signed a contract on delivering twelve Avenio M low-floor light […]