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• Germany: DB Systemtechnik becomes an independent railway undertaking DB Systemtechnik GmbH has become an independent railway undertaking after being issued a safety certificate by the German rail authority Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA). The certificate will authorise (...)
• France: RFF breaks even as it pursues work to upgrade rail network On 28 March 2013, Réseau Ferré de France’s Board of Directors, chaired by Jacques Rapoport, closed the company’s accounts for the 2012 fiscal year. Réseau de Ferré de France’s turnover for the 2012 (...)
• FYR of Macedonia Railways celebrate 140 years of Rail Transport The first railway connection between Thessaloniki and Veles was established in April 1873, marking the beginning of a new era in relations between the countries. UIC takes this opportunity to (...)
• Belgium: Infrabel Safety Campaign An Infrabel Safety Campaign – supported by seven different partners including SNCB – to raise the awareness of truck drivers at level crossings in the Port of Antwerp, took place on 10 and 11 April (...)
• Switzerland: work on the Lausanne-Renens railway junction The Swiss Confederation intends to invest over a billion Swiss francs to develop and upgrade the Lausanne-Renens railway junction. The aim is to improve existing infrastructure to be able to (...)
• France: Guillaume Pepy reappointed as President of SNCF Guillaume Pepy was re-elected last week by the Council of Ministers for the position of President of SNCF (French National Railways), which he has held since February 2008. The term of office for (...)
• Germany: appointments to DB’s Board of Directors A number of changes have taken place recently to Deutsche Bahn’s Board of Directors. In full agreement with the company, Oliver Kraft, Chairman of the Management Board of DB Netz AG since early (...)
• Russian Railways wins “Towards the Future!” award for contributions to XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI (...) The award ceremony for winners of the “Towards the Future!” award was held in Sochi. The award was created to celebrate the achievements of participants in preparing and conducting the XXII Olympic (...)
• Russian Railways Logistics starts delivery of grain cargo to Armenia for UN World Food (...) The branch of Russian Railways Logistics in Rostov-on-Don has won the tender of United Grain Company (OZK) to transport grain cargo for the UN World Food Programme. The first car filled with (...)