TAJIKISTAN: A ceremony in Dushanbe on December 25 marked the formal handover of national railway Rohee Ohani Tojikiston's first new coaches since the country's independence more than 20 years ago.
The 15 coaches including a restaurant car were ordered from Ukrainian manufacturer Kriukov Car Building Works. Similar to vehicles previously supplied to Kazakhstan, they are designed for use in temperatures between -45°C and 40°C and are to be deployed on Dushanbe - Moscow services.
TAJIKISTAN: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has allocated US$8m for the repair and upgrading of traction substations, feeder cable network and the overhead electrification equipment on the Dushanbe trolleybus network. The financing package comprises a US$5·2m state-backed loan and a US$2·8m grant. The capital’s seven ...
ASIA: Meeting at Wuhan in China at the end of October, ministers from the 10 Central Asia Regional Economic Co-operation Program countries agreed an action plan to implement transport infrastructure projects costing more than US$23bn, together with energy and trade initiatives aimed at improving connectivity. The majority of the medium-term ...
TAJIKISTAN: State railway Rohee Ohani Tojikiston has begun taking delivery of six GE Transportation TE33A Evolution locomotives manufactured in Kazakhstan. GE Transportation's main US plant in Erie supplied a single TE33A to Mongolian Railways in 2009, but the Tajik locomotives ordered in November 2011 are the first to be exported ...
