In a summit between the two countries, ministers of Iraq and Jordan discussed the potential of improved infrastructure, including road and railways, linking the two countries in the near future. The summit on the 25th December also discussed political and strategic concerns shared between them. Prime Ministers Abdullah Ensour and Nouri al Maliki said that […]
The world’s fourth biggest exhibition in its field, Eurasia Railway: 4th International Rolling Stock, Infrastructure and Logistics Exhibition is set to be organized between 06-08 March 2014 in the Istanbul Expo Center (IFM) in Istanbul, Turkey. At the exhibition TCDD (Turkish State Railways) and its subsidiary corporations including TÜVASAŞ (Turkish Wagon Industry Inc.), TÜDEMSAŞ (Turkish […]
Close to the border between Asia and Europe, Serbia could soon be an important part of the rail network linking the two continents. At a summit of central European countries it has been agreed that the Belgrade to Bucharest railway be upgraded and modernised with Chinese help. A €370 million loan has been secured from […]
Oman’s Minister for Transport and Communications Mohammed al Futaisi signed an agreement with the World Bank to research the best government structures to manage land, marine and air transport systems in the Sultanate. He also signed an agreement with a Spanish firm to research the best structures to manage public transport in Oman. The research […]
President of the Saudi Railway Organisation, Mohammed al-Suwaiket, announced that Saudi Arabia will put the design of its section of the GCC Railway Network out to tender in February. This will be part of the six country, USD $15.5bn network that will link the Kingdom with the rest of the GCC as far as Oman. […]
As part of Saudi Arabia’s USD $100bn plans to expand internal industrial infrastructure, the Riyadh Dry Port is to double its capacity from 400,000 containers per year to a million. This is to cope with the dramatic increase in business in the Kingdom, and will be integrated into the new GCC Railway network. Tenders will […]
17-18 March 2014 Estrel Convention Center, Berlin Visit Website The Globalization of the Railway Industry Potentials – Concepts – Methods At the RAILWAY FORUM top-managers and executives from the Corporate Procurement department of the Deutsche Bahn as well as suppliers and experts from the industrial, business and political sectors discuss future prospects and courses of […]
26-27 March 2014 London, UK Visit Website As customers become increasingly connected through smartphones and social media, TOCs are under increasing pressure to provide consistent real-time information across all communication platforms from the home computer, to the hand held device to the station to the platform and on board. The solution to ensuring consistent data […]
19-20 March 2014 Berlin, Germany Visit Website Arena International is proud to announce the 10th annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock Conference 2014; the industry favourite calendar entry is back for 2014, and celebrating 10 prestigious years! With some permanency of the long-awaited industry standard, this year’s event can look at practical implementation as well […]
19 December 2013 Senior Rail and Transport industry leaders meet in London on March 12th 2014, to discuss the latest challenges in implementing Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) systems for future railway planning. A one day conference organised by Sagacity Media, engineering directors and key innovation and strategy managers are confirmed to present from North […]
