ALSTOM's new Italian fleet monitoring centre at Sesto San Giovanni in Milan was officially opened on September 30 by Lombardy regional councillor for infrastructure and transport Mr Alberto Cavalli and Alstom Ferroviaria CEO Mr Louis Bertina.
HZ Passenger, Croatia's sole passenger operator, is modernising its operations in preparation for the opening of the domestic market to competition in 2019, as CEO Dražen Ratković explains to Marco Chiandoni.
THE steering committee of Italian open-access high-speed operator NTV voted on September 24 to restructure its debts, with shareholders expected to contribute capital, while the company has also decided to withdraw Italo services to the Adriatic Coast from the start of the 2015 timetable on December 15.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: Vossloh celebrated the delivery of the 100th G6 diesel shunting locomotive at InnoTrans on September 24, when it handed over one of six units ordered by SNCF Geodis subsidiary Captrain Germany.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: THE first of 10 four-axle Db111 Gama diesel locomotives being supplied by Pesa, Poland, to Polish long-distance passenger operator PKP Intercity was presented at InnoTrans on September 24.
LETBANEN, the public company responsible for developing the tram-train network in the Danish city of Aarhus, has signed a €292m contract with a consortium of Ansaldo STS and Stadler Pankow which will supply railway infrastructure and rolling stock for the project.
A decree issued by the Italian government on competition in the energy sector, which became law on August 21, is causing widespread discontent among the country's rail operators.
OPTIONS for improving high-speed rail links to Italy's most important airports will be examined in more detail following the signing of an agreement between Italian State Railways (FS) and the Italian Ministry of Transport on August 26.
THE steering committee of NTV approved the company's 2013 financial results at the end of July, showing the Italian open-access high-speed operator made a loss of €77m during its first full year of operation.
PALERMO celebrated the inaugural trial run on Line 1 of the city's new light rail network on July 14 when a Bombardier Flexity Outlook LRV operated from the depot at Roccella to Scaffa square, where it was presented to the media and citizens.
