Tag: rail
Dniprovagonmash is a major railcar manufacturer in Ukraine controlled by the TAS financial and industrial group.
Ukrzaliznytsia will make a net loss of UAH 6 billion and its capital investments will amount to only UAH 3.7 billion in 2016 if rail freight tariffs are not raised.
The Lemtrans freight forwarding company increased cargo transportation by 7.4 million tons or 13.1% to 63.7 million tons in 2015, compared with the 2014.
Poland intends to create a new transport corridor that will connect the country’s logistics centers to the Slovenian port of Koper. The new corridor is also important for Belarus and Serbia.
Export of freight cars to Russia by Ukrainian railcar enterprises reduced by 3,400 or 80% to 700 in 2015.
Polish business is interested in every possible route to Asia, which would be profitable and sufficient for cargo transportation. Ukraine can become the important element of new corridors.
The Kryukov Railcar Building Works (Kremenchuk, Poltava region) reduced production of freight cars by 83% to 410 in 2015.
Ukrzaliznytsia has completed the first phase of construction of the Beskyd railway tunnel. According to the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure, the hardest part of the job has been done - the upper part of the tunnel has been drilled.
Part of a German loan of EUR 50 million will be used to purchase the equipment.
Zavhorodnyi replied that he saw no economic benefit in this.
The international forum "European Rolling Stock Forum 2016" will take place in Warsaw from 16 to 17 March 2016. The event is dedicated to the prospects of rolling stock in Central Eastern European countries.
The Ukrzaliznytsia public joint-stock railway company plans to purchase several thousand gondola cars in 2016. The purchase will be carried out for loan money.
The Kryukov Railcar Building Works expects production of freight cars to reduce by 84% to 349 in 2015, compared with 2014. The economic department of the Kremenchuk city executive committee announced this
British rail operator National Express launched services in Germany. The carrier will operate the two lines in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia for 15 years.
Ukraine intends to supply 1,500 railcars to Turkmenistan, and supply of 750 of them has already been put out to tender. These railcars will be used on a railway along the TAPI gas pipeline.
According to Volodymyr Omelian, joint expert work on preparation of project proposals will begin next week.
The Lviv Railways will begin selling tickets for the new Lviv - Ivano-Frankivsk - Lviv regional express train No. 704/703 on 4 December. The train will begin operating on 13 December, using a DPKr-2 diesel train produced by the Kryukov Railcar Building Works.
West Japan Railway Company and Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe have jointly developed a system of special rail crossings for turtles. They keep animals from getting caught between railway switches.
Ukrzaliznytsia has extended the capacity of the Black Sea-Beregovaya railway segment by 10 million tons of cargo per year with money from private investors - TIS and Borivage.
European gauge to Lviv is extremely important for both Ukraine and Poland, as well as for the entire European community,considers City's Mayor Andrii Sadovyi.