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Thales and Hitachi Rail Nearing Completion of GTS Business Sale: Here's All You Need to Know

Thales and Hitachi Rail Nearing Completion of GTS Business Sale: Here's All You Need to Know

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Hitachi Rail have made significant progress towards the completion of the sale of Thales' Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business to Hitachi Rail. The two groups have obtained most of the regulatory approvals required to complete the transaction.

21 / 09 / 2023
Business
CER, ERFA, and UIRR Urge Holistic Review of Greening Freight Transport Legislation

CER, ERFA, and UIRR Urge Holistic Review of Greening Freight Transport Legislation

CER, ERFA, and UIRR call on the European Parliament and the European Council to maintain the package…

10 / 09 / 2023
Freight
The leadership of the European transport sector has been shaken by the Qatargate affair. Maja Bakran Marcich is now in charge

The leadership of the European transport sector has been shaken by the Qatargate affair. Maja Bakran Marcich is now in charge

The scandal known as Qatargate, in which MEPs had their travel and accommodation paid for by Qatar and…

01 / 08 / 2023
Business
Redefining Slovenia's Railways: Infrastructure Upgrades Set to Propel the Country's Transport System

Redefining Slovenia's Railways: Infrastructure Upgrades Set to Propel the Country's Transport System

Rail transportation, a cornerstone of economic supply chains and personal mobility, plays an instrumental…

01 / 08 / 2023
Technologies and infrastructure
Slovakia Secures Over EUR 27 Million EU Funding for Transport Projects

Slovakia Secures Over EUR 27 Million EU Funding for Transport Projects

The European Union is investing tens of millions of euros more in the development of transport in Slovakia…

29 / 06 / 2023
Business
EU State Aid Rules EUR 1.1bn German Scheme to Support Electric Rail Transport

EU State Aid Rules EUR 1.1bn German Scheme to Support Electric Rail Transport

The European Commission has approved a German scheme worth EUR 1.1 billion, which is intended to compensate rail operators using electric traction who…

27 / 02 / 2023
Business
EU Promises Major Simplification of Support for Rail, Inland Waterway and Intermodal Transport

EU Promises Major Simplification of Support for Rail, Inland Waterway and Intermodal Transport

The EU is to substantially simplify support for rail, inland waterways and intermodal transport. See the latest news.

17 / 01 / 2023
Business
PHOTO: Executive Vice President of the EC visits Rail Baltica

PHOTO: Executive Vice President of the EC visits Rail Baltica

Last week, the extended Rail Baltica global project team welcomed Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, who visited…

20 / 12 / 2022
Interviews and Events
The member states should invest in the DAC, says Kristian Schmidt, Director for Land Transport at the EC

The member states should invest in the DAC, says Kristian Schmidt, Director for Land Transport at the EC

RAILTARGET presents you with yet another interview from the most prominent event of the railway sector in 2022, InnoTrans. Kristian Schmidt, Director for…

08 / 12 / 2022
Interviews and Events
Renewable Electricity Fees for Czech Transport Sector Have Been Waived

Renewable Electricity Fees for Czech Transport Sector Have Been Waived

At the request of the Czech Ministry of Transport, the European Commission has waived renewable energy charges in electricity prices for transport that…

11 / 11 / 2022
Business
BREAKING: Lithuania has resumed rail transit of goods to Kaliningrad. How does that align with the EU sanctions against Russia?

BREAKING: Lithuania has resumed rail transit of goods to Kaliningrad. How does that align with the EU sanctions against Russia?

Lietuvos Geležinkeliai has announced that it will resume the transit of certain goods, in accordance with the regulation of the Council of the European…

27 / 07 / 2022
Freight
BREAKING: The European Commission has banned the transport of Russian goods through the EU!

BREAKING: The European Commission has banned the transport of Russian goods through the EU!

The European Commission has announced that Russian goods can be transported through the European Union to Russia's Kaliningrad region by road but not by…

20 / 07 / 2022
Freight
Spain: EU agrees €120 million support for companies to shift cargo from road to rail freight transport

Spain: EU agrees €120 million support for companies to shift cargo from road to rail freight transport

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €120 million Spanish scheme made available through the Recovery and Resilience Facility…

22 / 03 / 2022
Technologies and infrastructure
Italy gets aid for passenger rail industry from the European Commission

Italy gets aid for passenger rail industry from the European Commission

Coronavirus pandemic made a hard hit to the transportation industry, and it is no different in the railway passenger business. That is why the European…

05 / 03 / 2022
Passenger
Slovenia will receive EUR 15 million from the EU to promote rail freight transport

Slovenia will receive EUR 15 million from the EU to promote rail freight transport

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €15 million Slovenian aid scheme to support rail freight transport in Slovenia.

23 / 10 / 2021
Technologies and infrastructure
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