During the “Railway Club 2023” held last week in Bucharest as part of the “Railway Days 2023” summit, the CEO of Calea Ferată din Moldova (CFM) Oleg Tofilat spoke about the vision of the company’s development.
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in October (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Cost of repairs of 23.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in October 2023 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*
Leasing company Alpha Trains has signed an agreement with engineering company Alstom for the full maintenance of up to 20 Traxx locomotives at its depots in Italy for eight years.
Lithuanian company LTG Cargo plans to start operations in the neighboring countries of Estonia and Latvia. The certification process is currently underway, and the first test flights have already been made in Estonia.
In order to meet the demand for grain transportation across Europe, the logistics company Innofreight has developed a new type of container – GrainTainers. In early October, during the visit of Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, the company presented loaded wagons at the Dobra terminal in Slovakia.
On October 20, RAILPOOL and Vossloh Rolling Stock in Kiel, Germany, signed several agreements for the supply of 45 Modula hybrid locomotives (in two variations that are certified for the German and Dutch markets, among others) with an option to expand the order by 142 traction units.
As part of the European Solidarity Roads program, the Greek government proposes to launch a railway connection between the country and Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania to connect with Ukraine.