Vietnam launched Rail Transport Strategy 2020
A comprehensive development of the railway transport system will be a key target of the VietNam Railway Transport Development Strategy […]
Freight
RZD transported more containers in 2014
RZD increased container transportation by 3.7% to 3.2 mln TEUs in 2014. The highest growth was registered in the sector […]
Slovenia: businesses sceptical about private interest in Koper Rail
Business representatives dismissed as unrealistic the government’s decision for a public-private partnership in the planned construction of a second rail […]
Sakhalin Island locomotives to begin tests
The first new TG16M series double locomotive of the Russian locomotive manufacturer Sinara Transport Machines commenced operations in December 2014. […]
PKP Cargo acquires PS Trade Trans
PKP Cargo has acquired the remaining 44.44% stake in PS Trade Trans, a large Polish logistics operator. Gaining full control […]
First cargo transported by railway from China to Georgia
Georgian Railway that the transportation was realized as part of a joint project of the British company WELL (Worldwide Energy […]
EBRD exits Poland’s largest freight carrier PKP Cargo
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has sold its stake in PKP Cargo the national provider of rail […]
Rail haulage to Lithuania via Belarus up by 43.6% in 2014
The amount of export cargo transported by rail via Belarus to Lithuania increased by 43.6% up to 14.1 million tonnes […]
Brazil increases rail vehicle production in 2014
The Brazilian Railway Industry Association (Abifer) says that Brazilian rail vehicles industry production increased substantially in 2014, with the industrial […]