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  • Newag said it has drawn on its experience of previous projects to develop the M62 rebuilding design concept.
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    M62 locomotive rebuilding framework agreement

    2015-12-01T07:00:00Z

    UKRAINE: A fra­me­work agre­ement for co-ope­ra­tion in the potential modernisation of Type M62 diesel locomotives for the Ukrianian market was signed by Newag, Ski­nest Rail Ukra­ine and Latvia’s Dau­ga­vpils Rol­ling Stock Repair Plant at a Polish Busi­ness Day held in Kyiv on November 26. Newag estimates current demand at potentially ...

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    Tram investment planned in Riga

    2015-08-14T10:18:00Z

    LATVIA: Riga operator Rīgas Satiksme has announced plans to build a 3·6 km tram extension, as part of a larger project that includes infrastructure renewal and additional rolling stock. The extension to the northeast of the city centre would run along Pērnavas iela, Senču iela, Zirņu iela, Skanstes iela ...

  • Russian Railways Logistics has acquired a 50% stake in Liepājas Naftas Tranzīts.
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    Russian Railways Logistics takes stake in Latvian rail freight forwarder

    2015-04-09T09:21:00Z

    LATVIA: Russian Railways Logistics has acquired a 50% stake in Riga-based freight forwarding company Liepājas Naftas Tranzīts through its RZDL Multimodal business. Announcing the deal on April 9, RZDL said its aim was to expand the rail freight market and establish a ‘consolidated rail transport chain’ connecting with Latvia’s ...

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    CZ Loko to remanufacture Latvian freight locos

    2014-11-14T10:00:00Z

    LATVIA: National operator LDz has selected CZ Loko to remanufacture 14 Type 2M62U twin-section diesel locomotives used by its freight subsidiary LDz Cargo. LDz currently has a fleet of 30 Lugansk-built 2M62Us, dating from 1987, along with 40 of the older 2M62s and 33 single-section M62s. Two of the 2M62Us ...

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    New trams enter service in Daugavpils

    2014-10-02T09:50:00Z

    LATVIA: The first six of 12 UKVZ trams ordered earlier this year entered passenger service in Daugavpils on September 30. The remaining six are to be delivered in April 2015. Tram operator Daugavpils Satiksme ordered eight type 71-623 single-section trams and four type 71-631 three-section trams from the Russian ...

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    Latvia develops electrification plans

    2014-08-07T06:00:00Z

    LATVIA: National railway LDz is developing plans to spend an estimated €450m on 25 kV electrification of its main lines, including the Riga – Ventspils and Riga – Daugavpils routes and conversion of the existing 248 km of 3 kV DC electrification radiating from Riga. This would be in addition ...