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Lithuanian Railways orders three double-deck EMUs from Skoda

Lithuanian Railways and Å koda Vagonka signed a CZK 750 million (EUR 27.2 million) contract for the supply of three double-deck EMUs.

The 160km/h trains, equipped with air conditioning system, audiovisual system,  internal and external CCTV will enter service on Vilnius – Minsk route.

Government approves loans to HZ Infrastruktura

The Croatian government has approved and guaranteed for HZ Infrastruktura two loans worth HRK 1.25 billion (EUR 163 million,  to modernise  and build railway infrastructure and for severance payments.

A HRK 1 billion loan from Erste&Steiermaerkische Bank, Societe Generale-Splitska Banka and OTP Bank will be used to finance the rehabilitation of four railway lines, with a total lenght of 160 km. The loan would be repaid six years, and the interest rate would be linked to six-month EURIBOR …

Bombardier TRAXX AC Last Mile Locomotive finished 4 000 km test run

Bombardier Transportation and ÖBB’s freight division, Rail Cargo Group (RCG), have successfully completed a 4000-kilometer test run of a BOMBARDIER TRAXX AC Last Mile locomotive. The test run saw a BOMBARDIER TRAXX AC Last Mile locomotive pull a RCG freight train from Sopron, on the Austrian-Hungarian border through Romania and Bulgaria to Istanbul, Turkey (Tekirdag) and back.

The trip followed a long distance intermodal route built by Rail Cargo Group to

ACROSSEE project: Final conference in Vienna

The final appointment of the European project ACROSSEE for planning and optimizing cross-border accessibility in South East Europe, will be held in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, December 5. The event, which will take place at the Schick Hotel Stefanie (8.30 -13.30), will serve to spread the main project results and the trans-European TEN-T transport networks prospects for the next seven-year European programming period 2014-2020.

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