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Today, all those involved in foreign trade
who are interested in the speedy passage
of their goods through railway crossing
points can provide preliminary information
via the website of the Federal Customs
Service.
As a result of this system, by the time
the goods arrive at the checkpoint, the
customs authorities have already received
all the necessary information for making
decisions, in particular about conducting
inspections.
From 1 October 2014, it will be compulsory
for shippers to provide preliminary
information on imported consignments via
the official website of the carrier, namely
Russian Railways. The portal will be
launched and ready to receive data in test
mode in September 2014.
Electronic cooperation between the
customs authorities and the carrier is based
on the exchange of documents in electronic
form between the Main Computing
Centre at Russian Railways and the computer
system at Russia’s Federal Customs
Service, which also takes into account all
information security requirements.
Construction begins
on the largest Brenner Base Tunnel
construction lot
Austria: 20 years after the opening of the
Innsbruck railway bypass and exactly 10
years after signing the italo-austrian State
Treaty on the construction of the Brenner
Base Tunnel (BBT), works on the Brenner
Base Tunnel construction lot Tulfes - Pfons
have begun. This was the official start of
the works on BBTs largest construction lot
with a contract volume of about EUR 380
Million so far. The joint venture Strabag
/ Salini-Impregilo is responsible for the
construction works. It is in charge of the
photo: www.bbt-se.com
EIB to assist NRIC in tariff
formation
construction of 38 further tunnel kilometres
of the Brenner Base Tunnel. Construction
time of this construction lot will be
about 55 months.
The two connecting tunnels between
railway bypass tunnel and the actual Base
Tunnel are being built parallel to the rescue
tunnel, starting from Ahrental. The tunnel
tubes have an overall length of 9 kilometres
and are being excavated by blasting. Future
railway traffic between the Brenner Base
Tunnel and the new railway line in the
lower Inn valley will cross these tunnels.
London: bidders selected for
electric trains
International: Transport for London
(Tf L) has shortlisted four bidders
to supply new rolling stock to operate on
the London Overground network. The
shortlisted bidders are Siemens Mobility
Rolling Stock, Hitachi Rail Europe, Construcciones
y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles and
Bombardier Transportation.
The winning bidder will supply 39 new
four-car, electric, metro-style trains to
operate high-frequency, high-capacity suburban
services in and around London. A
total of 31 trains will be operated on routes
recently transferred from the West Anglia
franchise to Tf L, which run between Liverpool
Street and Enfield Town, Cheshunt
through Seven Sisters and Chingford, as
well as the Romford to Upminster route.
The remaining eight trains will be used in
the Gospel Oak to Barking service, replacing
the current two-carriage diesel trains.
Bulgaria: EIB is to provide technical aid
to Bulgaria’s National Company Railway
Infrastructure (NRIC). The EIB is to cooperate
with Bulgaria’s NRIC on the formation of
a tariff policy for the access and use of the
railway infrastructure under the Operational
Program “Transport” 2007-2013.
The decision adopted by the Bulgarian government
on July 23 aims to pave the way for
concrete actions for the preparation of a
proposal for a new tariff policy and a methodology
for calculating infrastructure fees
collected by the NRIC from the railway carriers
in line with EU Directives and national
law.
The signing and the implementation of the
Agreement is to guarantee equal and fair
access to the railway infrastructure for all
transport operators, quality services and
appropriate management of the demand
for access to infrastructure, streamlined
management and control of resources and
optimized maintenance and exploitation of
the existing railway infrastructure, greater
transparency of the management of the
NRIC and the introduction of good business
practices, greater competition on the transport
market and consistency with the state
goals in the sphere of transport.
EC funds Dresden – Prague
high-speed study
International: The European Commission
has agreed to cover half of the cost
of a EUR 1.25 Million feasibility study
into the construction of a high-speed line
linking Germany and the Czech Republic.
A new line could halve journey times and
would create additional capacity for freight
between northwest and southeast Europe.
Discussions have been underway for some
time between the two countries and the
German state of Saxony on improving
infrastructure on this European corridor.
The feasibility study will look at the viability
of a new line between Heidenau
near Dresden and Ústi nad Labem in the
Czech Republic, which is likely to require
extensive tunnelling due to the challenging
terrain. A study is already underway on the
Ústi nad Labem – Litomĕřice section.
The state of Saxony has asked Germany’s
Federal Transport Ministry to include the
project in its 2015 railway plan.
China to launch railway
development fund
International: The Chinese government
unveiled a guideline on management
of a fledgling railway development fund to
attract private investment into the railway
sector.
The China Railway Development Fund of
the China Railway Corporation, will last
15 to 20 years, according to the guideline
jointly compiled by the National Devel-
Австрия: Начались работы по
строительству отсека Тульфес - Пфонс, в
рамках проекта Brenner Base Tunnel.
В мире: Компания Transport for
London (Tf L) выбрала четырех участников
торгов для составления краткого списка
для поставки подвижного состава для
надземной железнодорожной сети города
Лондона.
Болгария: ЕИБ предоставит
Болгарской компании по железнодорожной
инфраструктуре (NRIC) техническое
сопровождение ввиду составления
тарифной стратегии для доступа и
использования железнодорожной
инфраструктуры.
В мире: ЕК согласилась покрыть
половину стоимости техникоэкономического
обоснования
строительства высокоскоростной линии,
связующей Германию и Чехию.
В мире: Правительство Китая
представило несколько руководящих
указаний по созданию фонда
железнодорожного развития ввиду
привлечения частных инвестиций в
железнодорожный сектор.
В мире: DB Schenker будет
инвестировать 230 миллионов евро на
модернизацию всего парка подвижного
состава с «тихой» колодкой тормоза.
В мире: Компания РЖД
инаугурировала новый железнодорожный
терминал для переправки грузов в
северокорейском порту Раджин.
В мире: Таджикистан готов подписать
соглашение с Туркменистаном по
поводу линии Таджикистан-Афганистан-
Туркменистан.
www.railwaypro.com | August 2014