Category: Railway markets

Germany, Federal parliament: legislation passed on funding private rail infrastructure

24/05/2013 | Comments (0)

The German Pro-Rail Alliance has welcomed legislation on funding the infrastructure of the railways that are not owned by the state (NE-railways). Parliament passed the legislation on Friday evening after its final reading. “It is important that the state is taking on some overall responsibility for the privately owned railways,” said Dirk Flege, managing director [...]

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Belarus to take part in Moscow metro development project

24/05/2013 | Comments (0)

Specialists from Belarus will participate in the projects for the development of Moscow metro network, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Igor Petrishenko declared. “Construction companies from Belarus are known in Moscow and are currently performing subcontracting and general contracting works in the Russian capital”, he said. In Q1 2013Minsk Metro Company, Minskmetrostroi [...]

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Construction of rail bridge between Russia, China to start in 2013

24/05/2013 | Comments (0)

Construction of the first railway bridge between Russia and China will begin in the second half of 2013, Russia’s Far East authorities said in a statement. The 2.2-kilometer bridge over the Amur River will link Chinese and Russian towns of Tongjiang and Nizhneleninskoye. The bridge will be used for iron ore deliveries to China. The [...]

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All three companies shortlisted in the next phase of CFR Marfă privatisation

24/05/2013 | Comments (0)

After analysing the papers submitted in the sale of CFR Marfă, all three companies, Grup Feroviar Român, Omnitrax and the consortium of Transferoviar Grup and Donau-Finanz GMBH were shortlisted in the next phase of the privatisation procedure. The procedure consisting in the submission of papers for the pre-qualification in CFR Marfă privatisation ended on Thursday, [...]

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More Regiopanters EMUs for Czech Railways

23/05/2013 | Comments (0)

Czech Railways (CD) has placed a Koruna 942.7m ($US 46.9m) order with Škoda Transportation for an additional seven Regiopanter EMUs. Škoda was the only bidder to meet the specific requirements of the tender, which stipulates that delivery must begin within 15 months of the contract being signed. CD will receive the final train by mid-2015. [...]

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