Rail Baltica: creating a strategic link for Europe. 2024-10-23T08:58:00+01:00 Sponsored by Rail Baltica. Rail Baltica is now firmly in the delivery phase. The geopolitically important project to create a standard gauge rail corridor connecting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with the rest of Europe should see its first trains running by the end of the decade.

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Dec 10, 2024 · CANADA: VIA Rail Canada has issued a requests for qualification for a contract to supply more than 40 locomotives and 313 coaches of nine types to replace its Long-Distance, Regional & Remote train fleet. There would be a technical support and spares supply services agreement for an initial 20-year term and options of two additional 10-year terms, and options to order more vehicles.

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Jan 16, 2024 · KAZAKHSTAN: Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov has formally launched the construction of a third cross-border railway link to China. The 272 km double-track line from Ayagoz to Bakhty and a new border crossing near Tacheng in northern Xinjiang is scheduled to open in 2027. It would connect end-on with China’s Karamay – Tacheng railway inaugurated in …

SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways trains are using electricity entirely from renewable sources from January 1. Previously around 90% of SBB’s electricity needs were met by hydropower and the remaining 10% from nuclear.

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