GERMAN wagon manufacturer WBN Waggonbau Niesky GmbH declared insolvency on October 17, citing liquidity problems from the increased costs of wheelsets rather than a lack of work.
Employing 250 people at a 170-year old rolling stock and engineering plant at Niesky in Sachsen, the business was bought from Bombardier on April 30 2005 by its employees (25·2%) and private investor SEAG GmbH (74·8%).
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. ...
