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7 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 4
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider for 21–25 January 2019.
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Siemens-Alstom Merger Update Following Remedy Proposal to the European Commission
Alstom issues update about its merger with Siemens. The statement addresses the remedy proposal made to the European Commission on 12/12/201…
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European Commission Hosts First Transport Cybersecurity Conference
Cybersecurity is one of the main challenges for the transport sector. The European Commission has teamed up with ENISA, EASA, EMSA and the E…
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Eurotunnel Invests Several Million in Brexit Contingency Planning
Eurotunnel's Brexit contingency planning has seen the company invest 'several million' to date, with costs still rising because of the lack …
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13 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Weeks 1 and 2
We are back with the Railway-News Industry Insider for weeks 1 and 2 (1–11 January 2019): the railway industry's latest news, covering North…
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Latvian Railway Electrification Project Gets Positive Review from European Commission Experts
Latvian Railways has announced that the independent experts appointed by the European Commission have given a positive review on the Latvian…
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A Big, Green Deal for Europe: Rail and the Graz Declaration
The Graz Declaration was endorsed by all Transport and Environment Ministers from EU Member States. Tommaso Spanevello, Public Affairs Manag…
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European Parliament Approves Funding for Connecting Europe Facility
The European Parliament has approved a report on funding the Connecting Europe Facility during the next EU budget period. This facility is a…
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10 Must-Read Rail News Stories for Week 49
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 49: all the important railway news from the week 3–7 December 2018, covering rolling stock, infrastru…
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European Union Makes 100 Million Euros of Funding Available for Transport Projects
The European Commission wants mobility in the EU to be safe, clean and connected. It has therefore making 100 million euros of funding avail…
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EU Ministers Adopt Graz Declaration: A Green Deal for Europe
The European Rail Infrastructure Managers EIM RAIL have said that they, along with other associations in the railway sector – CER, ERFA, UIP…
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European Court of Auditors: Progress is Slow on High-Speed Rail Across the EU
In Europe, Japan and China in particular, but also in other parts of the world, high-speed rail is considered an innovative transport mode, …
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United Wagon Company Awarded Q2 Quality Status by Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn has approved United Wagon Company (UWC) to supply freight cars to the operator and assigned it Q2 quality status. The Tikhvin …
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Alstom Shareholders Approve Siemens Merger and Other Resolutions
Shareholders of Alstom Transport have approved the merger with Siemens and all other resolutions proposed at their special and combined meet…
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EU: European Court of Auditors Criticises Policies and Infrastructure on High-Speed Rail
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a report which is highly critical of high speed rail services in the European Union.The EC…
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What Does the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement Mean for the Rail Industry?
After four years of negotiations, the EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement is now in the final stages of ratification, with both sides aiming to br…
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EU: European Commission Presents Action Plan to Protect Rail Passengers from Terrorist Attacks
The European Commission has released an Action Plan to protect rail passengers from terrorist attacks. The EU Rail Passenger Security Platfo…
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UK: MBE for Lucy Prior, International Trade Director at the Rail Alliance
Lucy Prior, the International Trade Director at the Rail Alliance has received an MBE for services to rail exports in the Queen’s 2018 Birth…
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The Proposed Alstom-Siemens Merger Presses Ahead
The Alstom-Siemens merger awaits approval by the competition authorities and by Alstom's shareholders next month following the two companies…
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Eurotunnel and EY Present Report on UK–EU Channel Tunnel Trade Flows
Eurotunnel and EY have released a report on Channel Tunnel trade between the UK and the EU. The report describes the traffic flow between th…
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EU Investigating Restructuring Aid for Polish Regional Railways
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into restructuring aid for Polish Regional Railways. Under EU State aid rules c…
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DESTinationRAIL – A Tool for Rail Infrastructure Managers
DESTinationRAIL, a Decision Support Tool for Rail Infrastructure Managers, is a 3-year project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 initiative.
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International Level Crossing Awareness Day to Take Place in Montreal
Level crossing deaths are tragic and often also lead to a huge amount of material damage. The 9th International Level Crossing Awareness Day…
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The Construction Products Regulation – Are you ready?
On 1 July 2017 the Construction Products Regulation EN 305/2011 becomes mandatory across EU Member States. Are you ready?