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A time frame has been set for the completion of Rail Baltica, linking Poland and the Baltic states by rail. Construction should commence in 2020, while the entire project should be delivered by end 2025. A connection to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius has been confirmed.
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GE will produce the locomotives in the U.S. as kits later in 2019, and then ship them to Moldava for regional final assembly, with anticipated final delivery in 2020.
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We already presented you with an extensive selection of vehicle reviews from InnoTrans 2018. But still, there was so much more to see and learn.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
A joint venture (JV) of Indra and Siemens has received a contract from Spanish railway infrastructure manager Adif to develop a traffic control and management system (Sitra+) for the entire rail network.
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Chairman & CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge said Alstom ‘achieved excellent results in this first half with breakthrough commercial successes’, when he presented on November 14 the company’s results for the financial period from April 1 to September 30.
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The European Parliament has called for a significantly larger budget for transport infrastructure through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme, a European financing tool for railway projects such as the TEN-T corridors and the roll-out of the European security system ERTMS.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The Shared & coHerent European Railway Protection Approach project to address risks associated with terrorist threats to trains and stations was launched in Paris on November 13.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Genoa - Rail freight links between the port of Genoa and the Terminals of Rivalta Scrivia, Padua and Milan have been improved
Posted one week ago by x31
In the first ten months of 2018, freight shipping by rail in Latvia increased by 10.2% year-on-year to 40.291 mln tons, informs LETA referring to the data released by the Transport Ministry of Latvia.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
SNCF is to sell its loss-making Ouibus long-distance coach operations to the digital ride-sharing specialist BlaBlaCar under a multimodal development partnership announced on November 12.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
741 745-4 is the number of the latest CZ Loko shunter for Terminali Italia. The picture shows the brand new Class 741.7 diesel locomotive on 12.11.2018 in Česká Třebová, the hometown of CZ Loko.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg is celebrating the arrival of its first FLIRT EMU. Earlier this year ET 3.01 was seen during tests runs, now the 4-car ET 4.02 was on display during a special ceremony.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Deutsche Bahn (DB) subsidiary DB Engineering & Consulting has acquired predictive maintenance solutions provider infraView for an undisclosed sum.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The construction of a new rail connection for the future Rail Terminal Greenport Venlo, the Netherlands has commenced. Infrastructure manager ProRail and contractor Dura Vermeer Railinfra will build a total of six kilometers of new track on behalf of the development company Greenport Venlo.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
12.11.2018 was a special day in the Netherlands: The first ‘Sprinter Nieuwe Generatie’ (SNG) EMUs have entered commercial service. And of course we had to take a ride.
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Ukrainian Railway (Ukrzaliznytsia) is testing a brand new TE33A Trident freight diesel locomotive, produced by GE Transportation in Erie, Pennsylvania. The trial is taking place on the Kremenchuk – Romodan railway line. Ukrzaliznytsia is expected to enter service 8 locomotives of this type in November.
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In a presentation at the Alpine Rail Optimisation conference in Wien on November 8 Director of Wagon Management at SNCF Fret Nicolas Czernecki confirmed that the operator had become the first railway in Europe to implement automated brake testing on commercial freight trains.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
DB 245 027 has arrived in Leipzig tonight. The locomotive will be used for driver training. Deutsche Bahn wants to use such a locomotive between Gotha – Gera starting in December.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Plans to launch a through Wien – München passenger service in April 2019 have been announced by Austrian open access operator Westbahn, Transdev’s Bayern regional operator Meridian and Bayern railway authority BEG.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Bombardier Transportation has signed two frame contracts to deliver 33 TRAXX locomotives to rolling stock leasing company Akiem.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Worldwide rolling stock manufacturer Bombardier Transportation will deliver 33 Traxx locomotives to European leasing company Akiem between 2019 and 2021. The 112-million Euros order includes three types: Traxx MS 2 (multi-system), Traxx AC 3 (alternating current) and Traxx DC3 (direct current) units.
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After years of waiting, Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, has had enough. When will the Germans finish their part of the Betuweroute? Castelein sent a letter on the matter this month to Andreas Scheuer, the German Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The International Union of Railways (UIC), CEN and CENELEC (European standardisation organisations) have signed a Cooperation Agreement.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
For the first time, a Deutsche Bahn 120 series locomotive has been sold for open access operation.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The Port of Amsterdam, together with the regional business community plans to send a letter to the Dutch state secretary of Infrastructure Stientje van Veldhoven as soon as possible. In doing so, they want to point out the imminent number of bottlenecks on the railway network connecting the capital towards the hinterland.
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