NIEDERBARNIMER Railway (NEB) has been awarded two concessions for the operation of diesel regional rail services by Berlin-Brandenburg Transport Association (VBB).
POLAND's infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a €35m contract to Bombardier to install ERTMS Level 2 on the 148km Legnica – Wroclaw – Opole line.
POLISH operator Regional Railways (PR) has issued a tender for a contract to carry out a major upgrade of 44 EN57 emus, which in addition to new interiors will include renewal of electrical and mechanical systems.
A SEVERE shortage of rolling stock has led to widespread replacement of train services with buses by Slaskie Railway (KS) which only started its new concession in the Polish province of Silesia with the start of the new timetable on December 9. Within the first of couple of days,
SIEMENS handed over two 5.2MW Vectron 3kV dc electric locomotives to DB Schenker Rail Poland at a ceremony at the Polish Railway Institute on December 20.
POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a consortium of Bombardier (ZWUS) Poland, Thales Poland, and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) a Zlotys 470m ($US 153m) contract for the country's first commercial ERTMS Level 2 installation.
STADLER Poland has been awarded a contract worth a total of Zlotys 510m ($US 163m) to supply and maintain a fleet of 20 two-car Flirt emus for Lodz Rail Agglomeration (LKA).
ESTONIAN passenger operator Elektriraudtee unveiled in Tallinn today the first two of a fleet of 160km/h Flirt trains from Stadler.
TENDERS have been invited by PKP Intercity, Poland, to conduct what is termed a Level 4 revision to 271 passenger coaches of 23 types. The closing date for bids is January 15.
POLISH train and terminal operators have joined forces with other industry organisations to establish the Foundation for Railways (FPK), a new group which will plans to lobby the country's government to develop a more coherent policy on rail transport.