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opment and Reform Commission, the
Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of
Transport.
In July last year, the State Council proposed
the fund to diversify the sources of
railway investment and financing.
DB freight trains to have ‘silent’
brake blocks
International: DB Schenker is to invest
EUR 230 Million retrofitting its entire
fleet with new ‘silent’ brake blocks.
By the end of the year, 200 upgraded trains
will be in service across Germany. DB aims
to complete the overhaul of the entire fleet
– around 60,000 cars – by 2020.
The new LL-block reduces trackside noise
by 10 decibels – a reduction that will supposedly
halve the perceived noise of the
train.
On July 16, the first converted freight train
was launched at the Gremberger marshalling
yard to operate on the Cologne-Rotterdam
route.
RZD inaugurates Rajin rail
transshipment terminal
International: A new rail transshipment
terminal was inaugurated in
the North Korean port of Rajin, which
launched freight carriage through the border
crossing Hassan, Russia and Tumen,
North Korea, the Russian Railways said in
a press release.
Opening of the new terminal has completed
a pilot project on the reconstruction
of part of the Trans-Korean Railway.
Terminal is a modern high-technology
multifunctional facility, which is able to
handle five million tonnes of freight a year.
At the initial stage the rail transport will
haul to the port of Rajin primarily coal
and other bulk cargoes. The terminal will
provide handling and storage of cargoes
and the magnetic coal cleaning system and
sorting according to the specific request of
the consumers on the quality of the commodity.
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan to sign
deal on cross-border railway via
Afghanistan
International: Tajikistan is close to
signing an agreement with Turkmenistan
on a Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Turkmenistan
railway, Tajik Transport Minister Hayrullo
Asozodas said.
“Tajikistan has tackled all the problems.
The final version of railway route will be
determined after Tajikistan reaches an
photo: www.networkrail.co.uk
В мире: В первые пять месяцев
этого года, через Азербайджан проехало
транзитом 23,4 млн. тонн грузов в сторону
маршрутов коридора ТРАСЕКА.
Польша: Компания PKP PLK
подписала два контракта на модернизацию
линии Pruszcza Gdańskiego - северной
части Порта Гданьска.
Украина: После внедрения реформ,
уровень инвестиций в железнодорожный
сектор вырастет втрое, от 7,5 миллиардов
гривен (466 миллионов евро) до 26,5
миллиардов гривен (1,64 млн. евро).
В мире: Операторы,
agreement with Turkmenistan,” the minister
declared.
The Islamic Development Bank has
expressed interest in financing the Tajik
section of the USD 1-Billion project.
Negotiations with Turkmenistan will be
launched in September.
23.4 Million tonnes of cargo pass
through TRACECA routes
International: 23.4 million tonnes of
cargo passed through Azerbaijan on the
Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia
(TRACECA) in the 5 months to May.
Where road transport on the Corridor was
around 50% of the total volume, rail accounted
for 34%. Railway volumes are set
to increase with new railways being built in
the region in the next 12 months.
124.9 million people passed through the
corridor in this period, a 7.9% increase
on the same period in 2013. Cargo across
Azerbaijan increased by 6.9% in the same
period, increasing revenues for the country
through customs.
Ukrzaliznytsia applies
European reform
Ukraine: “After reforms, investment
into the sector will triple from the existing
UAH 7.5 Billion (EUR 466 Million) a year
to UAH 26.5 Million (EUR 1.64 Million)
a year. All these will give a chance to finally
start the large-scale re-equipment of the
sector, upgrade rolling stock with modern
equipment”, the head of Ukrzaliznytsia
Ostapiuk said.
Ostapiuk said that international financial
PKP PLK upgrades Gdansk Port
railway
Poland: PKP PLK has signed two contracts
for the modernisation of the Pruszcza
Gdańskiego railway – in the north of Gdansk
Port. The modernisation of the railway will
increase the freight transport capacity. The
cost of the contracts is PLN 320 Million (EUR
77 Million) and includes the installation of 42
switches, the construction of 30 km of new
railway, the modernisation of 8 level crossings
and the implementation of a new traffic
control system. For the installation works
заинтересованные выступать в качестве
конкурента RENFE, обратились в
Министерство Развития Испании
с просьбой улучшить условия,
предусмотренные в техническом задании
тендера.
В мире: Протокол VI-й Совместной
румыно-венгерской комиссии
экономического сотрудничества
повторяет готовность двух сторон
расширить сотрудничество в сфере
международных железнодорожных
пассажирских перевозок между Румынией
и Венгрией.
institutions are interested in investing
funds in large infrastructure projects, such
as electrification and expansion of narrow
sections, but that the only condition was
the creation of a joint-stock company.
Commenting on the key tasks of the
reforms, he said that in five months a new
legal entity is to be created – public jointstock
company Ukrainska Zaliznytsia - and
the central commission on conducting a
stocktaking of Ukrzaliznytsia, state-run
enterprises and organizations railway
transport of general use and the relevant
commissions on the reformations have
been created, while by late August 2014
a stocktaking of the enterprises’ property
will be conducted to form the charter
capital of the joint-stock company.
The next step is an independent appraisal,
for which a company will be selected at
a tender. Later, after the appraisal, the
commission on the formation of public
joint-stock company Ukrainska Zaliznytsia
will draw up a summary property appraisal
act, the size of the charter capital will be
defined, and the draft regulations of the
of the traffic control system, the contract
is worth PLN 66 Million (EUR 15.9 Million).
Companies will have to develop the project
in two years.
“Currently, there are 30 pairs of trains running
on this line, but after modernisation, their
number will increase to 180 pairs of trains”,
declared Marcin Kurowski, project manager
PKP PLK.
The upgrade of the railway is part of the investment
plans of Gdansk Port which involves
the development of freight handling points,
container terminals and the construction of a
logistics centre.
photo: www.uz.gov.ua
August 2014 | www.railwaypro.com