THE Hungarian government announced on May 9 the formation of working groups to initiate the construction of two major rail projects in and around Budapest. […]
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Oman – UAE line construction begins
CONSTRUCTION has officially begun on the new 303km railway from Sohar in Oman to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a shareholder […]
Chinese contractors hand over management of Ethiopia-Djibouti railway
CHINA Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and China Railway Engineering Corporation have formally handed over the management of the standard-gauge Ethiopia-Djibouti railway to the governments […]
Freight volumes up on China – Europe eastern freight corridor
MORE than 2000 freight trains have operated on the China – Europe eastern freight corridor in the first five months of this year, a record […]
Aurizon to test battery tender for diesel locomotives
AUSTRALIA’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, will develop and trial a 1.8MWh battery-electric tender (BET) to power a standard diesel-electric locomotive in a hybrid diesel-battery […]
Albania nets €100m EIB Global loan
ALBANIA has secured a €100m loan for railway modernisation from EIB Global. The arm of the European Investment Bank (EIB) that funds projects outside the […]
Europe’s Rail awards seven research grants worth €11.7m
THE Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EUJU) has announced that seven new projects costing €21.2m in total will receive €11.7m of co-funding under its 2023 Call […]
RFI seeks bidders for station upgrades
ITALIAN Rail Network (RFI) has issued tenders worth a total of €390m to undertake improvements to stations across Italy. Divided into 10 lots, the works […]