(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €400 million contract with Croatia’s Ministry of Finance to support the country’s railway infrastructure and rolling stock upgrade. Part of a €900 million commitment, this financing aims to promote sustainable … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Croatia, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged clean transport, CROATIA, EIB, European Investment Bank, Hrvatske željeznice Infrastruktura, Hrvatske željeznice Putnički prijevoz, HŽI, HŽPP, JASPERS, loan, Marko Primorac, Oleg Butković, railway, railway infrastructure, railway network, railway upgrade, rolling stock, Teresa Czerwińska
(IN BRIEF) Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has inaugurated its first bogie centre in Astana, Kazakhstan. The centre will produce and maintain bogies for various railway vehicles throughout their lifecycle. Alstom invested over €15 million in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, Bogie Centre, Kanat Alpysbayev, Kazakhstan, railway
(IN BRIEF) Construction group Webuild is making significant strides in Italy’s infrastructure development, overseeing 31 major projects in collaboration with a network of 10,500 companies. With a dedicated workforce exceeding 16,300, these initiatives span the entire country, from North to … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €6.7 million EU grant agreement with JSC Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) to support the railway company during Russia’s war against Ukraine. The grant will address the immediate needs of Ukrzaliznytsia as … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Luxembourg, Transportation & Logistics, Ukraine
Tagged Anton Mishyn, Chloe Allio, diplomatic delegations, EIB, European Union, food shipments, humanitarian aid, Jean-Erik de Zagon, JSC Ukrainian Railways, Rafal Rybacki, railway, Russian invasion, The European Investment Bank, transporting refugees, Ukrzaliznytsia
(IN BRIEF) Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has received an order from ČD-Telematika to supply European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 for 7 Pendolino vehicles of Line 680 and 66 electric vehicles of Line 471 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Slovakia, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, ČD-Telematika, Dan Kurucz, electric vehicles, ETCs, ETCS system, European Train Control System, Jan Hobza, Pendolino vehicles, railway, signalling, sustainable mobility, trains
Lot 4 of Caransebes-Timişoara-Arad line as part of ten-t network extension Group reaches €2 bln worth of new orders and orders being finalised in Romania year-to-date Group wins Lot 4 contract soon after receiving Lot 3 valued at €291 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, European Union, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, Romania
Tagged Arad Nou, Bridge, Bucharest, Caransebes-Timişoara-Arad railway, Carpathian Mountains, Cluj-Napoca, Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate CFR SA, Curtici, Danube River, Episcopia Bihor, Frontieră, Mures River, passenger trains, railway, Rhine-Danube Corridor, Romania, Ronat, Salcef, Sibiu-Pitesti, Simeria, TEN-T, Timişoara, Trans-European Transport Network, Webuild
(PRESS RELEASE) BEASAIN, Spain, 14-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — CAF, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (BME: CAF), a Spanish publicly listed company which manufactures railway vehicles and equipment and buses through its Solaris Bus & Coach subsidiary, has announced that the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Environment, Industrial, Management, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged EcoVadis, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, ILO, industry value chain, International Labour Organization, ISO 26000, Railsponsible sector initiative, railway, sustainability, sustainability management, The CAF Group, UN Global Compact
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) BEASAIN, Spain, 14-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — CAF, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (BME: CAF), ein spanisches öffentlich börsennotiertes Unternehmen, das über seine Solaris Bus & Die Coach-Tochtergesellschaft hat bekannt gegeben, dass die Gruppe die Platinmedaille bei der Bewertung des … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Environment, Industrial, Management, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Die CAF-Gruppe, EcoVadis, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, ILO, industry value chain, International Labour Organization, ISO 26000, Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement, Railsponsible sector initiative, railway, sustainability, UN Global Compact
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 7-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Cargotec Corporation (HEL: CGCBV), a Finnish company that makes cargo-handling machinery for ships, ports, terminals and local distribution, has announced that its subsidiary Hiab, a leading provider of smart and sustainable load handling … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Cargotec, Hiab, HIAB iX.122 RAIL, HIAB iX.142 RAIL, HIAB iX.162 RAIL, HIAB iX.192 RAIL, HIAB iX.232 RAIL, HIAB iX.262 RAIL, HIAB iX.2758 RAIL, HIAB iX.302 RAIL, HIAB railway loader crane, IAA, loader cranes, Marcel Boxem, rail, railway, railway infrastructure, railway loader crane, SPACEevo
(PRESS RELEASE) BERLIN, 16-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Stadler, a Swiss train maker with over 75 years of experience, has announced it will deliver 20 FLIRT vehicles to Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH, a German railway company and part of DB Regio … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Netherlands, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Alexander Falkenmeier, Eindhoven, FLIRT, Hamm, Jure Mikolčić, Local Traffic Association Westfalen-Lippe, NWL, railway, Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH, Rhine-Ruhr, Stadler, start, the Netherlands, Traffic Association Rhein-Ruhr AöR, trains, VRR
(PRESS RELEASE) BERLIN, 26-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Stadler, a Swiss train maker with over 75 years of experience, has announced that DB Regio AG, Frankfurt am Main based subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, has ordered some 44 FLIRT battery-powered multiple units … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Baden-Württemberg, battery-electric multiple units, BEMU, CO2 emission-free, DB Regio, FLIRT, Green mobility, Green technology, Jure Mikolčić, Maik Dreser, Palatinate, rail transport, railway, Saarland, Stadler, trains, UN Climate Change Conference
(PRESS RELEASE) SAINT-OUEN, 21-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom (EPA: ALO), the global leader in sustainable railway transportation and Plastic Omnium (EPA: POM), a French automotive supplier and major player in hydrogen mobility, have announced they signed a Memorandum of Understanding … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, carbon-free mobilit, Christian Kopp, hydrogen mobility, hydrogen onboard storage solutions, hydrogen rail, hydrogen solutions, hydrogen storage solutions, hydrogen storage systems, Plastic Omnium, railway, sustainability, sustainable railway transportation, Thierry Best, trains, zero emissions alternative
A countrywide platform that allows users to plan, book and pay for trips in a single application Integrates different modes of transport to provide seamless door-to-door traveling Renfe expecting up to €156 million additional revenue with the intermodal platform (PRESS … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Agustin Escobar, Andre Rodenbeck, bicycle, bus, Bytemark, car sharing, eos.uptrade, everis, Hacon, HAFAS, MaaS, MaaS projects, Metro, mobility, Mobility as a Service, NTT Data, Padam Mobility, Pedro Mur, rail operator, railway, Renfe, scooter services, Siemens Mobility, train
(PRESS RELEASE) NAPLES, 3-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Webuild, an Italian industrial group specialised in the construction and civil engineering, formerly Salini Impregilo, has announced the completion of the construction operations of the three arch bridges on the Naples-Cancello section of … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Acerra, Apice-Hirpinia, arch bridges, Bicocca-Catenanuova section, Catania, construction, FS Italiane Group, Giampilieri-Fiumefreddo section, high speed transport, high-speed railway line, Hirpinia-Orsara, Messina, Naples-Bari, Naples-Cancello, Orsara-Bovino, Palermo-Catania high-capacity railway line, railway, railway line, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, steel arched railway bridges, sustainability, The Naples-Bari railway line, Webuild
(PRESS RELEASE) RUEIL-MALMAISON CEDEX, 7-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurovia selected to refurbish the 6 km railway section between Lysá and Labem and Èelákovice northeast of Prague. The contract is part of a joint venture with Elektrizace železnic that was awarded … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LEVERKUSEN, 30-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Partnership between EconCore N.V. and Covestro has been announced with the aim at producing stronger, lightweight and Fire, Smoke, Toxicity (FST) requirements compliant honeycomb panels and cores targeting public transportation applications, including railway and aerospace. So far both companies … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged aerospace, Arne Böttcher, aviation applications, composites, Covestro, EconCore, EN45545 standard, FAR25.853 standard, fire, FST requirements, hermoplastic materials, honeycomb cores, honeycomb panels, JEC World 2019, Klaus Kraner, Maezio™, polycarbonate, railway, railway applications, smoke, thermoplastic composite solutions, Tomasz Czarnecki, toxicity, TRANSPORT, ultra-light honeycomb structures
MILAN, 10-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Lane of Salini Impregilo Group has won two highway contracts in North Carolina worth a combined $460 million as the Group continues to affirm its expertise and expand its presence in the United States, its single … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy
Tagged construction, expressway, highway, infrastructure, metros, North Carolina, railway, Salini Impregilo Group, tunnels
Service to begin when timetable changes on December 9, 2018 Federal Railway Authority approves operation of trains Approval granted punctually Increased capacity and passenger comfort MUNICH, 06-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The electric multiple unit (EMU) trains built by Siemens Mobility for … Read the full press release
BEASAIN, Spain, 30-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — CAF will take part in the next Rolling Stock Maintenance 2018 summit that will be held in London on December 4 and 5. This conference will present different practical case studies and experiences in saving … Read the full press release
Transdev contracted Stadler to design, build and deliver 64 electrical trains of the FLIRT type for use on the suburban railway lines in Hanover. BERLIN, 08-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The company Transdev GmbH won a Europe-wide public tender to operate the … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Dr Tobias Heinemann, electrical trains, Hanover, locomotive, railway, Stadler, Thomas Ahlburg, trains, Transdev
PARIS, 27-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Beryl Solar Farm helps deliver Sydney’s new fully automated train services in 2019 The recent financial close of an 87 megawatts (MW) Beryl Solar Farm project in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, will help deliver power to … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Beryl Solar Farm, bookrunner, clean energy, clean_energy, Daniel Mallo, Kent Draper, railway, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, solar_farm, swap_bank, Sydney, Sydney Metro Northwest, underwriter
BUDAPEST/ STUTTGART, 07-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Hungarian state railway (MÀV) has decided to purchase nine Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 423 road-railers to maintain its rail network. Powered by the environmentally friendly Euro VI four-cylinder in-line engine OM 934 LA with an output of 170 kW (231 hp), … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Hungary, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged crane, Hungarian state railway, lifting, MÀV, Mercedes-Benz, mower boom, rail, rail grinder, rail network, railway, road-railers, snow blower, track sprayer
MOSCOW, 25-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tver Car Building Plant (TVZ, belongs to JSC Transmashholding) has delivered to JSC Federal Passenger Company the first train consisting of double-deck carriages with seating accommodation. The train consists of 15 carriages: 10 economy and … Read the full press release
Safer, faster travel on popular rail line thanks to latest rail communications system Turnkey project is part of comprehensive Polish rail network modernization Nokia’s third major GSM-Railway project in Poland Warsaw, Poland, 28-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Networks will provide its … Read the full press release
Posted in Poland, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Dirk Lewandowski, GSM-R, GSM-Railway, GSM-Railway mobile infrastructure, Nokia Networks, railway, safety, train
42.2 km section between Vințu de Jos and Simeria in western Romania Contract value of € 317 million; STRABAG’s share about € 66 million Construction time of 30 months Vienna, Austria, 10-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of a consortium, STRABAG AG, … Read the full press release
Beasain, Spain, 14-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — CAF WILL ATTEND BCN RAIL 2013 FROM 19 TO 21 NOVEMBER Venue: Gran Vía Site. Barcelona, Spain. Stand: B-231 At BcnRail 2013 CAF will exhibit the Company’s latest railway sector technological developments. The Exhibition will be held in Barcelona from … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Marketing, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Barcelona, BcnRail 2013, CAF, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, exhibit, railway, railway industry, Spain
Hamburg/Kiel, Germany, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — HSH Nordbank has successfully sold its 25% stake in Northern Diabolo. In 2007, the Bank financed the rail track linking Brussels Airport to the Belgian long-distance railway system – and thus one of the country’s most … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Belgian long-distance railway system, Belgian rail project, Brussels Airport, Ellen Stoessinger, equity, Hamburg, HSH Nordbank AG, infrastructure, Kiel, loan, Marcus Kleiner, Mirko Wollrab, Paris-Brussels-Antwerp axis, private public partnership, rail track, railway, Rune Hoffmann
17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Compañía Paulista de Trenes Metropolitanos (CPTM), the railway transit company of the São Paulo State has awarded CAF a contract for the supply of 35 8-car units (280 cars), for an amount close to €380 M … Read the full press release
Ankara / Luxembourg, 10-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank is providing EUR 200 million to the Turkish State Railways, as a further contribution to upgrading the country’s main transport corridor between Ankara and Istanbul. This additional funding brings total EIB … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Transportation & Logistics, Turkey
Tagged Ankara, EIB, High Speed Rail Line, İbrahim Çanakcı, İstanbul, Istanbul-Ankara High Speed Rail Line, Luxembourg, Pim Van Ballekom, railway, transport corridor, Turkish State Railways, Werner Hoyer
31-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Alstom, its Russian partner Transmashholding (TMH) and the Russian Railways (RZD) have entered into an agreement for the development of the first Russian dual-voltage freight locomotive called “2ES20”. The dual-voltage, double-section mainline electric locomotive with asynchronous traction drive, will … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Electronics & Machinery, France, Russia, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 2ES20, Alstom, Andrey Bokarev, dual-voltage electric freight locomotive, Henri Poupart-Lafarge, locomotive, Novocherkassk, Patrick Kron, railway, Russian Railways, RZD, Sochi, TMH, Transmashholding, VIII International Railway Business Forum, Vladimir Yakunin
16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is increasing its loan for PKP Intercity’s Pendolino trains from EUR 224m to EUR 342m. The project consists of the purchase of 20 modern high-speed trains and the construction of an associated … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Poland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bratislava, Brno, EIB, Gdansk, Gdynia, Gliwice, high-speed trains, Katowice, Krakow, Opole, PKP Intercity, PKP Intercity’s Pendolino trains, rail transport, railway, Rzeszow, Tarnów, trains, Vienna, Warsaw, Wrocław
1-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Kolomna Plant (a part of CJSC Transmashholding) has delivered TEP70BS (ТЭП70БС) mainline diesel passenger locomotive No 200 to Barnaul depot of West Siberian Railroad. Since 2012, diesel passenger locomotive fleet of Barnaul depot is completed with Kolomna … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Russia, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Barnaul depot, Barnaul-Biysk, Barnaul-Karasuk, Barnaul-Rubtsov-Lokoty, Boris Konstantinovich Salambekov, Boris Salambekov, diesel passenger locomotive, Kolomna Plant, locomotive, railway, TEP70BS, Transmashholding, West Siberian Railroad
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