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NewsSerbian Railways and RZD sign route upgrade and DMU deals
SERBIA: Contracts for additional diesel multiple-units and the upgrading of three sections of Trans-European Corridor X were signed by Serbian Railways and the RZD International subsidiary of Russian Railways on October 16, during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Serbia’s President Tomislav Nikolić. A US$100m ...
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NewsStadler awarded Beograd suburban train contract
SERBIA: A contract for Stadler Rail to supply 21 Flirt electric multiple-units for use on Beograd suburban services was signed by national railway ŽS on March 4. The €100m order is being funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. The first of the EMUs is scheduled for delivery ...
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NewsKuwait lends €25m for Beograd station project
SERBIA: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has agreed a €25m loan to fund the railway systems element of Beograd's long-planned new main station at Prokop. The 3% loan has a repayment period of 18 years and grace period of four years. The lender has also expressed interest in ...
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NewsRZD supports Serbian Railways modernisation
SERBIA: An agreement for Russian Railways to assist Serbian Railways with the construction of a 68 km electrified line between Valjevo and Loznica and assist with the modernisation of more than 300 km of existing route was signed by RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and ZS Director General Milovan Markovic on ...
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NewsEBRD loan supports Serbian concrete sleeper plant
SERBIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is providing a loan to support the development of a concrete sleeper plant at Svilajnac, 100 km south of Beograd. EBRD said the €2·8m loan to the Serbian Track Experts joint venture of Austrian firms Porr Bau and Maba Track Solutions is ...
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NewsBeograd metro planning agreement signed
SERBIA: Plans for a metro in Beograd are to be developed following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Mayor Dragan Djilas and representatives from Alstom Transport and the Serbian and French governments on November 18. Alstom and the city council have agreed to define a framework for co-operation ...
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NewsSeptember delivery for Serbian DMU
SERBIA: National railway ZS expects to take delivery of the first of 12 two-car diesel multiple-units during September, with entry into traffic by the end of the year. Transmashholding will deliver the remaining 11 units from its Metrovagonmash plant near Moscow during 2012. Inspecting the first unit at the factory ...
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NewsSerbian Railways restructured
SERBIA: The government formally converted Serbian Railways into a joint stock company 100% owned by the state on May 26. ZS is now a holding company for four subsidiaries which are responsible for infrastructure, property, passenger operations & rolling stock maintenance and freight operations & rolling stock maintenance. Interaction ...
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NewsZS awards first of three train contracts
SERBIA: ZS has selected Russian firm Metrowagonmash to supply 10 two-car diesel multiple-units for regional and suburban services. These will form the first of three batches of rolling stock being procured to modernise the national railway’s passenger fleet. The order is being partly funded by a ...
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NewsBeograd to buy 30 CAF trams
SERBIA: The city of Beograd signed a €70m contract for 30 CAF Urbos trams on November 3. The purchase will be financed using city funds and a €20m loan from the European Investment Bank. The 100% low-floor unidirectional trams will have five sections, supported on two motor bogies and a ...
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NewsLoan for Serbian Railways train order
SERBIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development signed a €100m loan agreement with state railway Zeleznice Srbije on May 8. The money will part-fund the purchase of a fleet of around 30 two or three-car electric multiple-units for regional and inter-city services. Tendering is expected to begin in the ...
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International Railway Systems buys Serbian companies
IRS: A controlling interest in Serbian firms MIN Vagonka, MIN Lokomotiva and Specijalna Vozila has been acquired from Friulexport and Upig by International Railway Systems. On May 12 IRS announced it was working with 'a strategic investor' to take a 49% interest in holding company Friulexport, and has an ...
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Serbia signs €57m wagon order
SERBIA: International Railway Systems has been awarded a €57m contract to supply Serbian Railways with 750 wagons by the end of the year. The contract signed on February 21 is funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. Luxembourg-headquartered IRS said the Eanoss wagons will be produced at ...
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Blue Train and train blues
SERBIA'S Ministry of Defence is to sell a saloon car from the Blue Train, the fleet of luxury rolling stock built for President Tito. The Blue Train was subsequently used by the presidents of Yugoslavia and their state visitors, and in recent years has been available for private charter. ...
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