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    €2bn TEN-T rail action plan for Eastern Partnership countries

    2019-01-30T10:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: The European Commission and the World Bank have co-authored an Indicative trans-European Transport Network Investment Action Plan which identifies priority projects to boost connectivity and economic growth in the Eastern Partnership countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The projects include 4 800 km of new or ...

  • The latest order will take BC's fleet of Stadler Flirt EMUs to 28. The trains will be assembled at Stadler's Fanipol plant near Minsk.
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    Belarus orders more Flirts

    2019-01-18T15:07:14Z

    BELARUS: Stadler announced on January 17 that it had received an order from Belarussian national railway BC for a further 10 Flirt trainsets. The 1 520 mm gauge, five-car Flirt EMUs will be delivered in 2020, joining an existing fleet of 18 trainsets supplied in various batches since 2010. ...

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    Poland upgrades border facilities to handle Eurasian freight boom

    2019-01-16T06:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK has called tenders for the design of a planned upgrade of freight facilities at Terespol, on the Polish side of the border with Belarus at Brest on the Moscow – Minsk – Warszawa – Berlin corridor. The growth of freight traffic from Asia to ...

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    Belkommunmash signs Minsk battery bus contract

    2018-06-08T09:05:09Z

    BELARUS: Belkommunmash has signed a contract to supply 60 battery electric buses to Minsk. Deliveries are due to be completed by the end of April 2019, with the first 17 to arrive by the end of 2018. BKM will supply 28 articulated Vitovt Max Electro buses, also designated E433. ...

  • Stadler says that the technical and design details of the new trains are under discussion with Minsk Metro.
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    Stadler Minsk metro car order confirmed

    2017-10-26T09:03:00Z

    BELARUS: Stadler has confirmed details of the metro trains that it is supplying to Minsk. The first four-car trainset is due to arrive in the capital next year, with the rest following by 2020. Stadler Minsk CEO Philipp Brunner told local media of the order in January ...

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    Minsk metro contactless ticketing pilot goes live

    2017-09-22T08:42:16Z

    BELARUS: A contactless bank card ticketing pilot started on the Minsk metro on September 19. A ticket gate at Ploshcha Lenina station on Line 1 has been fitted with a contactless card and NFC reader, which currently accepts Visa cards. The metro intends to extend acceptance to MasterCard cards ...

  • A test passenger train ran from Minsk to Lithuania on September 13; regular services are to be operated using Skoda EMUs.
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    Minsk – Vilnius corridor electrified

    2017-09-20T12:28:57Z

    EUROPE: Completion of 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of the route between Minsk and Vilnius was marked with a ceremony on September 16. Work to electrify the final 111 km had begun in September 2015. Work on the 84 km Belarusian section between Maladzyechna and the border near Kena was ...

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    Minsk metro selects Stadler rolling stock

    2017-01-26T11:28:59Z

    BELARUS: Stadler Minsk CEO Philipp Brunner told local media on January 23 that Stadler had been selected to supply 10 trainsets for the Minsk metro. Brunner gave no further details, but it seems likely that the rolling stock is to be used on metro Line 3, currently under construction. ...