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March 12, 2019 | Financial

ZSSK returns to profit after eight years in the red

SLOVAKIA national passenger operator ZSSK has posted a slim profit of €6000 for 2018, its first positive result in eight years, reversing a budgeted loss of €2m, after Ebidta increased from a budgeted €84.2m to €91.3m.

March 12, 2019 | Europe

Rail Baltica publishes passenger service plan

RB RAIL has released its 2026-2056 operational plan for the Rail Baltica (RB) project, with high-speed passenger trains due to connect the capitals of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 3h 38min.

March 12, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Turkish president opens full Istanbul Marmaray rail link

THE president of Turkey Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially opened the 63km Halkali - Istanbul - Gebze railway on March 12 marking the completion of phase two of the Marmaray project to connect Turkey’s European and Asian rail networks.

March 12, 2019 | High-speed

Renfe to launch direct Barcelona - Salamanca services

RENFE has announced plans to launch through long-distance services between Barcelona and Salamanca later this month, providing a new direct rail connection between Catalonia and western Spain.

March 12, 2019 | Locomotives

VR orders 60 diesel locomotives from Stadler

FINLAND’s VR Group has awarded Stadler a €200m contract to supply 60 new diesel locomotives primarily for freight operations, which the company says will improve operational efficiency in freight yards and on non-electrified lines which make up 45% of the Finnish network.

March 12, 2019 | Locomotives

ÖBB orders 61 more Siemens Vectron locomotives

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has placed a follow-on order with Siemens for an additional 61 class 1293 Vectron electric locomotives.

March 12, 2019 | Middle East

Etihad Rail awards UAE Railway Phase 2 civil works contract

ETIHAD Rail has awarded a joint venture between China State Construction Engineering Corporation Middle East and South Korea’s SK Engineering & Construction a Dirhams 1.5bn ($US 408.4m) contract to design and build the first section of Phase 2 of the national railway project.

March 11, 2019 | Locomotives

Siemens rolls out first Vectron Dual Mode locomotive

SIEMENS presented the first of its new Vectron Dual Mode locomotives to potential customers at its Allach factory in Munich on March 11.

March 11, 2019 | News

Rail Alliance and University of Birmingham join forces

BRITAIN’s Rail Alliance and Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) announced on March 11 the formal integration of the two organisations to provide a combined service offer to the country’s rail industry.

March 11, 2019 | Locomotives

Serbian Railways orders EffiShunter 300 locomotives

CZ LOKO announced on March 11 it will supply two EffiShunter 300 locomotives to Serbian Railways (ŽS) for maintenance work and shunting, as part of the company’s strategy to expand its market.

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