To improve the connections to neighbouring European countries, Ukraine is planning and carrying out railway construction works. The efforts include reopening sections of railway that have been out of service for years, which can play...Read more
Making use of the European funds to recover after the pandemic, Romania aims to improve rail infrastructure in order to eliminate speed bottlenecks. It will also launch a feasibility study for the country’s first high-speed...Read more
Alstom has signed a deal for 20 Coradia Stream train sets with the Romanian Railway Reform Authority (ARF). The agreement, valued at 270 million euros, marks the company’s first-such contract in the country. To date,...Read more
InterviewInternational trains are all the rage in 2022. Travellers appreciate the comfort and the adventure of train travel, with the added benefit of much lower CO2 emissions compared to flying. But what if your destination...Read more
The Romanian rail operator Ferotrans, who took over 48 DM’90 diesel trains from Dutch Railways NS four years ago but never picked them up, now accuses NS and the current buyer of the trains of...Read more
Ukrainian tram manufacturer Tatra-Yug will deliver 17 low-floor light rail vehicles to the Romanian city of Craiova. The company won the first procurement proceeding in Romania. This country will become the second foreign market for...Read more
The further spread of coronavirus in Europe force the governments to take more measures including the closure of borders. This directly impacts on the railway operators that are suspending their international trains. It is a...Read more
Asocierea RailWorks, the consortium of Alstom and three Romanian companies, will rehabilitate two sections of Line 300 with a total length of 170 kilometres. This railway is vital for Romania, it connects Bucharest to several...Read more
Polish rolling stock manufacturer Pesa Bydgoszcz is moving forward in the foreign markets. It has started to supply the third batch of diesel trains to Trenitalia. This year the Polish company will produce the diesel...Read more
Turkish rolling stock manufacturers of Durmazlar and Bozankaya have obtained major orders in Romania. They will supply over 130 trams to the cities of Bucharest, Iași and Timişoara. This amount is twice as much as...Read more
The Romanian city of Timişoara has chosen the Turkish manufacturer Bozankaya as a supplier of new trams. 16 five-section low-floor vehicles cost 33 million Euros, without VAT. They will be delivered in 2021-2023. The deal...Read more
DB Engineering & Consulting, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, has won a procurement to design and construct the rail link to Bucharest airport, the largest in Romania. The project will be implemented in a partnership...Read more
The European Commission is investing a total of 776 million Euros in rail projects in Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Poland and Romania. It is part of a major investment of 4 billion Euros for infrastructure...Read more
Romanian-based manufacturer Astra Vagoane Călători will deliver 62 Imperio low-floor trams to four country’s major cities – Oradea, Arad, Cluj-Napoca, and Galaţi. Moreover, Oradea and Arad have options for supplying additional units – 10 and...Read more
City authorities of Bucharest have announced a procurement proceeding to supply 100 trams for 845.7 million Lei without VAT (181.6 million Euros). The bids are allowed to submit by February 14, 2019. The winner will...Read more
