Rail transport

The Plovdiv-Burgas railway line has made great progress with Bulgaria completing excavations on only one tunnel in the country.

Since 2019, the Railway Test Track has been operating safely, which facilitates innovation and export growth due to KRRI’s expertise in providing testing for next-generation railways and sustainable transport systems.

The EBRD has approved a loan worth €42 million ($48. 6m) for Serbia’s public operator, Srbijavoz, to improve Serbia’s international passenger railway network.

Skoda is still broadening its innovation portfolio and, together with an American firm called Microvast, is working on more advanced battery solutions for railways to hasten a sustainable mobility future.

Vossloh has concluded a multi-year contract worth 100 million euros with RF Italiana (RFI) to deliver switches and components designed to improve Italy’s increasingly dense high-speed rail network.

KiwiRail’s EF class locomotives have been globally recognized for the innovation that has been brought together through investment by the New Zealand Government in its new rail network.

PT MRT Jakarta has contracted a consortium of Japanese businesses, Sumitomo and Nippon Sharyo, to provide eight trains consisting of six cars for the Jakarta Metro in a move that will fast-track Phase Two of the NS Line in Jakarta.

DB ESG, part of DB Systemtechnik, has strengthened its presence in the UK rail industry by opening a Rail Technology Centre in Derby.

A One-Stop Border Crossing agreement has been signed between the countries of Mozambique and Zambia in a move that will ease trade barriers as well as boost the integration of southern Africa.

KAI Commuter improves maintenance and inspection of the 102 train composition in order to ensure optimal readiness, performance, and safety of commuters during the holiday seasons of Christmas in 2025 to New Year 2026.

The snowplough Aebi Schmidt has been tested in Norway, where the engineers are currently assessing the efficiency of the vehicle when traversing the Flåm Railway steep gradients and snowfalls.

Škoda Group has announced its localization plan for train manufacture in Uzbekistan. This comes as a proposal for the development of joint projects between Uzbekistan and the European Union.