In the context of the French Presidency of the European Union, the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Community of European Railway and InfrastructureCompanies (CER), the Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants in Europe (ALLRAIL), the European Rail Supply Industry (UNIFE) and the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-RAIL), […]
Month: June 2022
The project places CAF in “a good position” for its participation in the rail connection plans of countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Amidst hostile media coverage against rail workers striking, Lowkey highlights why they must be defended and how, amidst rising poverty, the fight led by RMT general secretary Mike Lynch is one we all have an interest in winning.
Siemens Mobility is building seven two-car Mireo Plus H trains powered by fuel cells for Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) Switching from diesel to hydrogen on the Heidekrautbahn will reduce annual CO₂ emissions by around three million kilos and save 1.1 million liters of diesel For Siemens Mobility the first order for […]
“The G7 wants to make the world a better place with better infrastructure. Today, we launch our joint work on this with the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment,” Scholz said in a press statement. [Sean Gallup/EPA]
• Renovation of 675 km of track on the French rail network• A 5-year contract• €118 million SNCF Réseau has awarded works package 2 of a contract relating to industrial track renovation to ETF, a VINCI Construction subsidiary. This contract is part of the performance plan agreed upon between the […]
The government has presented plans for an upgrade of the country’s railway network, including an additional Alpine tunnel in western Switzerland. primarily to ease heavyweight road transport on Swiss roads, but completion of the second tube was put off for financial reasons. “The upgrade will allow to increase capacities and […]
The CAF Group has achieved further success in France on being selected to supply the new fleet of trams for Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, a French metropolitan area located in the Occitania region, surrounding the city of Montpellier. This region encompasses 31 different municipalities, with a total population of close to […]
In order to move heavy vehicles from storage to deployment areas across Europe (and other parts of the world), rail is essential. Rail provides force commanders with the ability to move heavy equipment quickly at distance and scale. It is also generally cheaper than a road, for example, moving two […]
In a statement, the EU Commission (‘EC’) came to the preliminary view that the two state-owned rail incumbents Austrian Federal Railways (‘ÖBB’) and Czech Railways (‘ČD’) have breached antitrust rules by colluding to hinder fair access to used 2nd hand rolling stock for the commercially driven new entrant cross-border rail […]