Minsk Railway Carriage Repair Works has formed a new production unit with the capacity to assemble up to 60 coaches a year. The plant is currently completing work on its first accessible coach with an electric wheelchair lift for Belarusian Railway, as well as a prototype air-conditioned vehicle.
As part of an upgrade of production processes at its Pitesti factory, Romanian firm Metabet has licensed British firm Railway Moulds & Systems Ltd's concrete sleeper manufacturing technology. The plant will supply Romanian infrastructure manager CFR-SA with sleepers for use with Pandrol rail fastenings.
Morris Material Handling has been awarded a three-year extension to an existing contract covering the inspection and preventative maintenance of the 55 cranes at Bombardier's Derby rolling stock assembly and maintenance plant in the UK.
Montréal-based wooden sleeper and utility pole maker Stella-Jones reported sales of C$224m in 2006, up 43% on the previous year. Profits were up 81% to C$20·8m, and at the annual general meeting last month CEO Brian McManus predicted sales of up to C$290m for the current year.
EUROPE: The EU Agency for Railways has launched ERA Railway Factsheets, giving what it calls ‘a comprehensive overview of the rail sector across European countries with one-click access’. Covering aspects such as transport statistics, railway organisations, rolling stock, infrastructure, safety, market structure, and the legal framework, ...
UK: ‘We in the rail sector must be objective and honest about what we are good at’, Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines told a conference in Birmingham on October 3, as he reflected on how the industry can plot its way through the uncertainty of the post-Covid period.
EUROPE: Senior figures from across the UK rail sector came together at the Rail Partners with Ukraine event to hear how national railway Ukrzaliznytsia is keeping trains running under wartime conditions, and to raise money to fund food parcels for Ukrainian railway workers and their families. ...