Railway

Wien – Bratislava upgrade inaugurated

AUSTRIA: The first phase of modernisation work on the Wien – Marchegg – Bratislava route was formally inaugurated on…

Poroshenko inaugurates airport link in Kyiv

UKRAINE: On November ۳۰, national railway UZ introduced an airport shuttle branded Kyiv Boryspil Express between the…

FMN orders Stadler EMUs for TILO services

EUROPE: An agreement was signed in Milano on November ۳۰ for Stadler to supply nine six-car electric multiple-units…

Rail communications platform migrated to Amazon cloud

EUROPE: Rail industry data exchange technology company Hit Rail, which is owned by ۱۲ European railways and used by ۵۰…

Electric locomotives handed over to Uzbekistan Railways

UZBEKISTAN: Two ۳ES۵K Yermak three-section ۲۵ kV ۵۰ Hz electric locomotives built at Transmashholding’s Novocherkassk…

Marmaray corridor to open in Q۱ ۲۰۱۹, minister says

TURKEY: Transport Minister Cahit Turhan provided a progress update on November ۱۶ on three new line projects as they…

Talgo selected for Latvian EMU contract

LATVIA: National passenger operator Pasazieru Vilciens has selected Talgo to supply a fleet of ۳۲ electric…

Hydrogen train operation planned

GERMANY: The Länder of Brandenburg and Berlin are planning the joint award of a contract for the development and…

Indian rail fastening factory opened

INDIA: The Pandrol Rahee Technologies joint venture of rail fastening supplier Pandrol and infrastructure contractor…

Czech Republic’s longest railway tunnel opens

CZECH REPUBLIC: Passenger services began using the country’s longest railway tunnel on November ۱۶, the day after the…