More trains are cancelled in Ukraine on Friday as the invasion of Russian troops continues. The railways of neigbouring Slovakia (ZSSK) has halted train transport to Ukraine until further notice, they announced in a statement....Read more
Ukrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia says it is ready to evacuate city residents near the demarcation line on Thursday morning and has entered the emergency operation mode. Most trains are scheduled to remain running on the day...Read more
Moscow Transport aims to start a testing programme for driverless trams at the end of this year or the beginning of 2023, deputy mayor Maksim Litsutov told a conference audience this week. The tests will...Read more
Russian authorities plan to open ten stations along current and planned Moscow Central Diameter (MCD) lines, the Moscow Transport company announced in the first week of February. They include three new stations and seven revamped...Read more
AI-based autonomous driving system Cognitive Pilot has acquired the Declaration of Conformity to the regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union. Deployment in several countries can now start, as well as mass-production of the technology, which...Read more
The state railway company of Belarus has been targeted by hackers, in an attempt to disrupt its operations. This is in response to the transport of Russian troops into Belarus, something the hackers disapprove off....Read more
Russia is currently building a fleet of new hydrogen-based freight locomotives, completely in line with the recently approved state strategy towards hydrogen energy in the Russian Federation. But only by building new locomotives the shift...Read more
Moscow saw the inauguration of a new above-ground metro station earlier this week, Matveevskaya. The station is part of the Moscow Central Diameter 4 urban railway project (MCD), which links the city proper with the...Read more
Rail freight carrier Silkway Transit LLP from Kazakhstan renews its locomotive fleet with 22 new electric Russian locomotives. The first three 2ES7 ‘Black Granite’ locomotives manufactured by the Ural Locomotive plant in Russia have already...Read more
Siemens Mobility signed an agreement with the Russian Rail Engineering Centre to develop a new high-speed electric train for operation on the broad gauge high-speed lines in the Russian Federation. The Centre is a joint...Read more
Russia will start test runs with a fully automated passenger train in the middle of 2023. This Lastochka train is currently being built by train manufacturers Siemens and Ural Locomotives. The vehicle will be equipped...Read more
The two company heads of Russian Railways and Uzbekistan Railways met during a three-day working visit of a delegation of Uzbekistan Railways to Moscow. The companies plan to work together more on digitalisation and create...Read more
By 2030, Russian parties plan to develop hydrogen-powered trains in the Sakhalin region, a Russian island in the far east. They will be equipped with the Cognitive Rail Pilot system, an AI-based autonomous locomotive driver...Read more
The first Russian High Speed Railway (HSR) between Moscow and Saint Petersburg will be integrated with the the city train services of the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD). Four hubs for the high-speed train will be...Read more
A new high-speed train with a speed of up to 400 kilometres per hour, which is being developed by Russian Railways and Sinara, should be manufactured and certified by 2028. Read more
