Railway News

«Zaporozhcoke» returned to service the railway car dumper for coal unloadingThe railway car dumper returned to service after overhaul.

Signing of agreements for financing the Rail Baltica railway project approvedThe Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia has approved the signing of the fourth and fifth financing agreements for the Rail Baltica project with the Executive Agency for Innovations and Networks, which will ensure the development of the project, as well as financing and implementation of priority activities in Latvia, the Ministry of Transport reports.

O'zbekiston temir yo'llari (Uzbekistan Railways) rolling stock has a high wear levelThe monopolies of a large state-owned companies were discussed at the session of the Uzbekistan  Senate.

East Japan Railway, Toyota and Hitachi will develop train with hydrogen-electric traction systemJR East, Toyota and Hitachi have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of a prototype rail vehicle which uses a hydrogen-electric traction system.

Private traction in Ukraine: the final stage!The launch of private traction on Ukrzaliznytsia railway tracks is already at the final stage.

State order for passenger cars in 2021The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine plans to place an order for the manufacture of passenger cars with the total cost of 3 billion UAH.

Construction design and author supervision of Rail Baltica intermodal freight terminal in SalaspilsA closed tender for construction design and author supervision of Rail Baltica intermodal freight terminal in Salaspils (Latvia) has been announced recently.

PKP CARGO SA — freight services for ArcelorMittal groupPKP CARGO SA announced signing the contract for the freigth services for ArcelorMittal group companies.

Railway operator DB Cargo: the operating loss is over 286 million euro……DB Cargo, freight company of German railway operator Deutsche Bahn, using financial data from the first half of 2020 (the operating loss — €286 million) foresees comparable losses for the second half of 2020.

Will Ukrainian railway wheels go to Russia?Significant demand slump and protective duties on railway wheels could severely influence the export of Ukrainian production.

Sudoměřice — Votice railroad modernization to cost about 418 millions USDSudoměřice — Votice (Czech Republic) railroad modernization will cost about 418 millions of USD.

Škoda double-deckers: to repair or to plan?Ukrainian railways company (Ukrzaliznytsia) reverts to the issue of repairing of Škoda double-decker trains again.