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January 12, 2021 | Financial

EIB agrees loan for Egyptian transport projects

THE Egyptian government and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a €1.13bn agreement to rehabilitate and expand metro and light rail lines in the cities of Cairo and Alexandria.

January 11, 2021 | Policy

2021: Europe's Year of Rail

The European Parliament has formally adopted 2021 as the European Year of Rail. Kevin Smith considers what the Year of Rail will entail and the wider challenges proponents should address.

January 4, 2021 | Policy

European Commission launches European Year of Rail

THE European Commission (EC) formally launched the European Year of Rail on January 1, an initiative intended to highlight the benefits of rail as a sustainable, smart and safe means of transport to encourage more people and businesses to use rail services.

December 23, 2020 | Employment

Skills for the next-generation rail industry

Philippe Citroën, director general of the European Rail Industry Association (Unife), highlights work underway to boost the European rail industry’s skill base as the sector strives to become the backbone of a sustainable transport network.

December 11, 2020 | Policy

EC’s Mobility Strategy fails to emphasise the benefits of public transport - Mezghani

INTERNATIONAL Association of Public Transport (UITP) secretary general, Mr Mohamed Mezghani, has questioned the European Commission’s (EC) failure to emphasise the benefits of public transport in its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, which is set to guide the EC’s work in the transport sector over the next four years.

December 3, 2020 | Policy

European rail alliance launches four-year skills project

AN alliance of rail industry organisations has officially launched a four-year programme to develop a long-term strategy to address skill shortages in the sector.

November 28, 2020 | Fleet

Croatian Railways orders 21 EMUs

CROATIAN Railways’ (HZ) subsidiary operator HZ Passenger Transport (HZPP) has awarded a Kunas 845m ($US 133.7m) contract for the supply of 21 EMUs to Zagreb-based Koncar EV.

November 16, 2020 | Financial

SNCB secures grant for ETCS pilot upgrade

BELGIAN National Railways (SNCB) has received a €2.4m grant from the European Union (EU) to support a pilot project to upgrade onboard ETCS signalling and control systems from ETCS Level 2 Baseline 2 to ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3.

November 10, 2020 | Freight

EC approves German single wagon load support scheme

THE European Commission (EC) has approved a €600m German scheme to support operators providing single wagon load services.

November 6, 2020 | Fleet

Hydrogen-electric train project secures EU grant

THE European Commission’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) has awarded a €10m grant to the FCH2RAIL consortium for the design, development and testing of a prototype bi-mode hydrogen-electric propulsion system.

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