Railway News

The minimum level of localization of production of electric locomotives in Ukraine will be 35% The tender for the supply of electric locomotives for the implementation of the project to update the fleet of electric locomotives of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" will provide for 35% localization of production on the basis of Ukrainian industrial enterprises.

Belarusian Railways completed electrification of the Zhlobin-Podolsky-Svetlogorsk-on-Berezin section The opening ceremony took place on June 21, 2020 at the Svetlogorsk-on-Berezin station with the participation of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, reports railway magazine «Railway Supply» referring press center of Belarusian Railway.

BDZ to repower narrow gauge locomotives National operator BDZ has allocated 4m leva for modernisation of the 760 mm gauge diesel locomotives used on the 125 km Septemvri – Bansko – Dobrinishte line in the Rhodope mountains.

European Investment Bank to support Estonian railway modernisation EIB has signed a €95 million loan agreement with Eesti Raudtee for the modernisation of track and signalling along the Estonian railway network.

InnoTrans organiser reports ‘positive reactions’ to new date The decision to move InnoTrans from September 2020 to April 27-30 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic has received widespread support, organiser Messe Berlin says.