India and Kazakhstan agreed to use the potential of Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway corridor
President of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Askar Mamin and India’s Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu agreed to to facilitate the movement […]
Freight
InterRail strengthens market position in Russia
The two Russian InterRail companies RailService Ltd. and InterRail Trans Siberian Express Service Ltd., both registered in Moscow, are merging. […]
Alstom hands over a H3 hybrid locomotive to Volkswagen and receives more orders
Alstom handed over a H3 hybrid locomotive to Volkswagen (VW). The locomotives were built at Alstom’s Stendal site in Scaxony-Anhalt, […]
RZD may sell 25% in Transmashholding by end of the year
OAO RZD may close the sales of 25% in Transmashholding by end-2015, the TASS quotes Transmashholding President Andrey Bokarev statement […]
CFR Marfa continues to register losses
In 2014, Romania’s rail freight operator, CFR Marfa recorded losses valuated at RON 27,1 mil (EUR 6 mil), shows the […]
Transnet secures new financing for its locomotive purchase program
South African state-owned transport firm Transnet and China Development Bank (CDB) signed a loan facility agreement for the funding of […]
Oman Rail announced the operations and maintenance tender
Oman Rail launched the open tender for the selection of freight and network maintenance and operations company. The winner will […]
Pakistan Railways inks deal with GE for 55 locomotives
The Pakistan Railways (PR) and General Electric (GE) signed a deal for the supply of 55 diesel-electric locomotives. Under the […]
Rail freight continues to drop in Moldova
The volume of Moldova’s combined railway, road, river and air freight traffic fell by 0.6% in January-May, to 4.31 million […]