Category: Passenger transport

Deutsche Bahn on the way to accessibility

18/05/2012 | Comments (0)

The German Railways company continues on the path to accessibility by setting up a comprehensive program. Dr Rüdiger Grube, CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG, in the presence of Anak Ferlemann, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, and representatives of people with disabilities, has pursued a program for accessibility in [...]

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Hitachi prepares the takeover of Italian train manufacturer AnsaldoBreda

18/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Hitachi Group has completed a due diligence on the acquisition of 50% of AnsaldoBreda, the train manufacturing unit of Finmeccanica Group. The two parties might sign the agreement on the takeover of the stakes and decide on the acquisition price of 50% of AnsaldoBreda by June. AnsaldoBreda is one of the large rolling stock manufacturing [...]

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Armenia to save $13 mln in Adler-Yerevan-Tehran railway reopening

18/05/2012 | Comments (0)

The main transit line of the region – Adler- Sukhumi-Tbilisi- Kutaisi- Yerevan-Tehran railway has been out of operation since 1992. No statements on possible restoration of the railway have been issued prior to unilateral announcement by President of Abkhazia Aleksandr Ankvab on technical opening of the borders. Will Armenia benefit from Georgia’s good will? If [...]

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Romanian Ministry of Transport launches tender for consultancy services on transport strategy implementation

16/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Romanian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has launched the tender for the acquisition of management consultancy services for the project “Support in implementing a general strategy in the transport and infrastructure sector”. The contract is estimated at RON 753.079 (EUR 167.3 Thousand) and the contract will take 23 months to complete from the assignment. The [...]

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Eurostar heads to new destinations

15/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Eurostar wants to serve ten new destinations in Europe this competing air companies on these new routes, declared the general manager of the company, Nicolas Petrovic. By 2016-2017, Eurostar will be capable to serve Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Koln, Lyon, Marseille and Geneva. Last year, Eurostar, owned by SNCF (55%), London Continental Railways (40%) and SNCB (5%), [...]

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