Latvia railway news – Page 4
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NewsRiga station rebuild to offer ‘moments of great wonder’
LATVIA: Danish architectural firm PLH and engineering partner Cowi have won an international competition to design the rebuilding of Riga’s Centrālā station into multimodal transport hub and the provision of a bridge over the River Daugava as part of the Rail Baltica project. Procurement for the station project is scheduled ...
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NewsLatvian electrification plans revised
LATVIA: National railway LDz has updated its plans for the roll-out of 25 kV 50 Hz electrification and the conversion of the routes around Rīga which are currently electrified at 3 kV DC. The programme has an estimated value of €1·3bn and would increase electrification from 257 km to 839 ...
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NewsLatvian freight locomotive upgraded
LATVIA: The first of 14 twin-section Lugansk-built 2M62Us locomotives which are being rebuilt as Type 2M62UM locos was unveiled on May 20. The project is being undertaken at state railway Latvijas Dzelzceļš’s Riga workshops under the supervision of CZ Loko, and aims to significantly lower the cost of operation ...
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NewsRiga orders more Škoda trams
LATVIA: Rīgas Satiksme has signed a €62·6m contract with Škoda Transportation for the supply of 20 low-floor trams, the operator announced on April 27. Deliveries are to take place in 2017, and the trams are to be used on Route 4 of the 1 524 mm gauge network. Škoda ...
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NewsWorkshop upgrade targets international rolling stock market
LATVIA: International passenger train operator L-Ekspresis has completed an EU-supported €14m three-year modernisation of its coach and wagon maintenance workshop, increasing capacity by a factor of 2½ to 3 000 vehicles/year in an effort to expand in international markets. Board member Rolands Gorodeckis said the workshop modernisation would enable it ...
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NewsM62 locomotive rebuilding framework agreement
UKRAINE: A framework agreement for co-operation in the potential modernisation of Type M62 diesel locomotives for the Ukrianian market was signed by Newag, Skinest Rail Ukraine and Latvia’s Daugavpils Rolling Stock Repair Plant at a Polish Business Day held in Kyiv on November 26. Newag estimates current demand at potentially ...
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NewsTram investment planned in Riga
LATVIA: Riga operator Rīgas Satiksme has announced plans to build a 3·6 km tram extension, as part of a larger project that includes infrastructure renewal and additional rolling stock. The extension to the northeast of the city centre would run along Pērnavas iela, Senču iela, Zirņu iela, Skanstes iela ...
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NewsRussian Railways Logistics takes stake in Latvian rail freight forwarder
LATVIA: Russian Railways Logistics has acquired a 50% stake in Riga-based freight forwarding company Liepājas Naftas Tranzīts through its RZDL Multimodal business. Announcing the deal on April 9, RZDL said its aim was to expand the rail freight market and establish a ‘consolidated rail transport chain’ connecting with Latvia’s ...
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NewsCZ Loko to remanufacture Latvian freight locos
LATVIA: National operator LDz has selected CZ Loko to remanufacture 14 Type 2M62U twin-section diesel locomotives used by its freight subsidiary LDz Cargo. LDz currently has a fleet of 30 Lugansk-built 2M62Us, dating from 1987, along with 40 of the older 2M62s and 33 single-section M62s. Two of the 2M62Us ...
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NewsNew trams enter service in Daugavpils
LATVIA: The first six of 12 UKVZ trams ordered earlier this year entered passenger service in Daugavpils on September 30. The remaining six are to be delivered in April 2015. Tram operator Daugavpils Satiksme ordered eight type 71-623 single-section trams and four type 71-631 three-section trams from the Russian ...
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NewsLatvia develops electrification plans
LATVIA: National railway LDz is developing plans to spend an estimated €450m on 25 kV electrification of its main lines, including the Riga – Ventspils and Riga – Daugavpils routes and conversion of the existing 248 km of 3 kV DC electrification radiating from Riga. This would be in addition ...
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