Russia: loan for improving freight rolling stock
Russia’s Alfa-Bank will provide 70 billion rubles (945 million euros) for the consolidation of the country’s freight rail car fleet, […]
Freight
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad acquires Locust Valley Line
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN), the largest privately owned railroad company in Pennsylvania, acquired the 5.5 mile Locust […]
ADY and RZD to launch transport corridor from Mumbai to Moscow
Azerbaijani Railways (ADY) and Russian Railways (RZD) will initiate a new multimodal project. ADY chair Javid Gurbanov has stated that […]
KTZ to purchase ferry vessels from Croatian company
The Croatian shipbuilding Ulianik Group has signed a deal with Kazakhstan Temir Zoly for the construction of two ferry vessels […]
Bandar Abbas – Moscow experimental container agreement signed
On June 2, Russian, Iranian and Azerbaijani railways have signed an agreement for further cooperation that includes the launching of […]
Eu co-financing for Riga port and Riga City TEN-T integration projects
Latvia’s Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA) has sent an invitation to Riga Municipality to prepare and submit to the […]
Latvia and Russia to continue transport collaboration
Irrespective of political affairs, Latvia and Russia should continue cooperating in the transport sector, said Latvian Transport Minister Uldis Augulis […]
Network Rail creates ‘virtual route’ to boost service
A new ‘virtual route’ for rail freight and national passenger operators will become Network Rail’s ninth devolved operational route. The […]
ELL orders new Vectron locomotives
Siemens and European Locomotive Leasing (ELL), a provider of full-service leasing of locomotives, have again signed a framework agreement for […]
Russia’s first gas turbine locomotive enters trials
The first Russian serial locomotive that runs on gas turbine, the GT1h-002 locomotive, is now undergoing a test programme at […]