THE president of Russian Railways (RZD), Mr Vladimir Yakunin, has pledged that the Russian rail network will continue to be vertically integrated for at least another two years.
TENDERS will be invited later this year by South Africa's Department of Transport to conduct a study into the likely cost and feasibility of building high-speed lines between the country's main cities.
IRJ at IAF Münster: Geismar today handed Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel the keys to a new catenary measuring vehicle during a ceremony at the IAF track technology exhibition in Münster.
EUROTUNNEL announced on May 30 that it is to launch a financial support scheme for railfreight operators in an effort to boost cross-Channel volumes, which have declined significantly from their peak of 3.1 million tonnes in 1998.
IRJ at IAF Münster: Matisa has unveiled its new B66U track machine which is available in continuous and non-continuous versions and includes a number of new innovations aimed at improving performance and reducing operation times.
TWO weeks after it rejected all three bids in the part-privatisation of state-owned railfreight operator CFR Marfă, the Romanian Ministry of Transport announced on May 28 that the tendering process will resume with the aim of selecting a winner by June 20.
THALES Spain has signed a Euros 109m turnkey contract to modernise and renew signalling systems on the Cairo-Alexandria line, in a project which will double capacity and raise the maximum line speed from 140km/h to 160km/h.
IRJ at the 60th UITP World Congress, Geneva: Representatives of Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (Hart) and AnsaldoBreda unveiled a full-size mock-up of the driverless train for the Honolulu metro at the UITP World Congress in Geneva on May 28.
IRJ at the 60th UITP Congress Geneva: Alstom has developed a modular light metro system called Axonis which is designed to be quick to build and economic to construct and operate.
PRETORIA-based RRL Grindrod has sold two and leased four ex-Queensland Rail (QR) General Electric type C22-MMi locomotives to Democratic Republic of Congo National Railways (SNCC).
