The Croatian government decided to launch the procedure for the conclusion of a guarantee agreement and for the granting of approval for loan agreements between three companies within the national rail operator Hrvatske Zeljeznice (HZ) and the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
The government approved a EUR 79 million loan for HZ Infrastruktura, a EUR 41.5 million loan for HZ Cargo and a EUR 43
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Urban rail systems in Europe have already achieved a target to reduce their energy consumption by 10 per cent by 2020.
The three-year OSIRIS research project, which has sought to find ways of reducing the energy use of rail systems across the continent, has now been completed.
In partnership with train operators, manufacturers and research centres, the EU-funded project has already helped the industry introduce measures
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The European Commission is to undertake an in-depth investigation into whether proposals for public funding of a planned high speed rail test centre near Málaga would be compatible with state aid rules.
The Spanish government has proposed that the planned Centro de Ensayos de Alta TecnologÃa Ferroviaria would have a 57·7 km circuit suitable for testing high speed trains and related equipment at speeds up to 520
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China has successfully developed the technology that enables the use of hydrogen to fuel rail vehicles, as it presented on March 19, Thursday, the world’s first hydrogen-powered tramcar at an assembly facility in Qingdao.
Liang Jianying, chief engineer of Sifang Co., a subsidiary of China South Rail Corporation (CSR), told Xinhua that China is the only country in the world that has fully developed the technology for
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