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Fortescue iron ore train in Western Australia

11.07.2026

Rail Supplier News Covers Three Technology Projects

01.05.2023

Banedanmark prepares electrification between Vejle and Skanderborg

01.05.2023

China-Pakistan Railway

13.12.2022

Heavy snow disrupted UK rail communication

Rail passengers have experienced disruptions to their journey this morning due to heavy snowfall in London, the South East and East Anglia.

13.12.2022

Operail sells Ukrainian rolling stock

Estonian state-owned rail freight company Operail has sold 552 wagons located in Ukraine to a joint venture between local transport, infrastructure and agriculture investor Fortior Capital and Estonian wagon leasing company Teslar Trans for EUR 6.

The construction of the "China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan" railway

08.12.2022

EBRD supports sustainability of Kyrgyz railways

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide a financial package of 11 million euros to support the sustainability and climate resilience of the Kyrgyz Railways.

08.12.2022

Excavation of the next tunnel on the line to the Slovenian port of Koper has been completed

As part of a project to lay a second track on the existing single-track line Divača - Port Koper (Slovenia), the Turkish construction company Yapi Merkezi completed the tunneling of the Stepani (T3) tunnel with a length of 335 m.

07.12.2022

Plans for the transition to a standard gauge

The European Commission wants all new railways to be built using standard European gauge, and gives Member States until 2025-2026 to come up with a plan to switch to 1435 mm gauge.

06.12.2022

Where is the money promised by the Hungarian government?

The assistance announced by the Hungarian government to the rail freight industry has not yet been implemented. The government has proposed a 40% reduction in access fees to the national rail network.

05.12.2022

Train to Panda Sanctuary

The first rack rail train was built in China. It will serve a mountain route currently under construction to the Xigongyang Peak Panda Sanctuary in Sichuan Province.

02.12.2022

Tests of a sightseeing panoramic train in China

In the south of China, in Yunnan province, the first experimental trips of a sightseeing panoramic electric train took place on a railway linking two popular tourist areas - the Old City of Lijiang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Yulongxueshan, the Jade Dragon Mountain with glaciers, listed as a key national scenic spot.

02.12.2022

Little sign of consensus ahead of British strike meeting

The new British Minister of Railways, Hugh Merriman, and representatives of the railway companies have scheduled a meeting with RMT Secretary General Mick Lynch this Friday (December 2).

01.12.2022

Olexandr Kubrakov may be promoted

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine received an application from Oleksandr Kubrakov for dismissal from the post of Minister of Infrastructure.

30.11.2022

More support for the Serbian railway industry

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is stepping up its support for Serbia's railway sector, this time by providing a loan to state-owned operator Serbia Cargo.

29.11.2022

UK railway strikes

Mark Harper, the UK government new transport secretary, said the adoption of revised working methods would be required to break the deadlock with unions and resolve the long-running labor dispute.