SWEDISH national train operator SJ is planning to accelerate investment in the modernisation of its train fleet as rising demand continues to strengthen the company’s revenues and profits.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has launched a new strategy which aims to combine its existing strengths with new technology to enable it to increase capacity, offer door-to-door journeys, and develop digital stations and smart freight wagons.
THE president of Azerbaijan Mr Ilham Aliyev officially reopened Baku Central station on February 10 following the completion of a two-year renovation and modernisation project.
THE board of Moroccan National Railways (ONCF) has set an investment budget of Dirhams 7.13bn ($US 709m) as it seeks to accommodate further growth in freight and passenger traffic and enhance the quality of its services.
SLOVAKIA’s national passenger operator ZSSK has launched a tender worth €69.5m for the supply of 26.4m-long long-distance air-conditioned passenger coaches.
BAVARIAN Railway Company (BEG) and Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport have jointly published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for the contract to operate the Allgäu Electric Network in southwest Germany.
THE European Commission (EC) is inviting transport infrastructure investment proposals which combine €1bn of grants through the Connecting Europe Fund (CEF) with other sources including the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and public and private finance.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) announced on February 8 that it will allocate Roubles 1.9bn ($US 32.1m) towards an ongoing project to reconstruct the Trubnaya - Verkhniy Baskunchak - Aksaraiskaya line in southern Russia.
TANZANIA’s government has awarded a contract for the construction of 205km of Tanzania’s proposed standard gauge railway to Yapi Merkez Insaat Ve Sanayi (YMIVS), Turkey, and Mota-Engil, Portugal.
NEW Zealand operator KiwiRail is having to contend with the indefinite closure of a second line on the South Island after a scrub fire badly damaged a major viaduct on the line linking Christchurch and the West Coast.
