Tag: railways

Germany's national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, has drawn up an emergency timetable due to the threats of strikes by the GDL train drivers' union, writes German news agency DPA. "As with previous GDL strikes, DB has drawn up an emergency timetable with a greatly reduced number of journeys," said a Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman in Berlin on Sunday. Long-distance service, for instance,...

(Main photo: Commercial for the Belt and Road Initiative in one of the Macedonian trains purchased from China reading “Speed up the Belt initiative, Charming Macedonia") It took North Macedonia only a few years to dramatically change its bilateral relationship with China. In 1999, it was the sole European country that recognized Taiwan as an independent state, besides the Vatican....

The Government of North Macedonia announced reforms for the money-losing state-owned companies, that through public-private partnership or privatization would overcome the problems with the accruing losses in their work. During its Tuesday session, the Government determined the new text of the Law for amending the Law for postal services that in accordance with Article 137 of the Parliament of...

During today's visit to the Pelagonia region, the Minister for Transport and Communications Blagoj Bochvarski announced that the newly built railway line Bitola-Kremenica will become operational during this year. He informed that at the moment, the last tests are being conducted on the new railway line and it is expected by the end of this year, the railway station...

The two biggest political parties in North Macedonia give similar promises concerning the development of the infrastructure in the next four years if they are given the mandate by the citizens to form the new government. The coalitions "Mozheme" (We Can), led by SDSM and "Obnova za Makedonija" (Renewal for Macedonia) led by VMRO-DPMNE put a stress on the...

The Italian consulting agency, Pricewaterhouse Coopers Advisory S.r.l has prepared a "Study for Business Segmentation of Macedonian Railways- Transport," where it offers models for future restructuring of the state railway transportation enterprise, confirmed the Ministry for Transportation and Communications for Meta.mk The consultants have prepared several scenarios for restructuring the Macedonian Railways-Transport company, but for now, there is no decision...

The first test on the railway line from Bitola to Kremenica on the Macedonian-Greek border was successful. The passenger train from RSM Railways-Transport, today went for a test drive along a 17 kilometer track. The railway teams tested the signalling along the entire route, including the operation of the traffic lights at the entrance and exit of railway stations...

Albania is actively involved in the construction of the railroad from Corridor 8 in its part of the territory. On the move from Tirana to Durres, construction work is already under way, and in the final stage for the selection of a contractor for the reconstruction is the railway from Durrës to Elbasan. The Director of the Public Railway Infrastructure...

The expressions of immense happiness when we await someone close, the goodbyes said through tears with those that are traveling far away, sending people in the army or to studies abroad, the kisses, the hugs, the laughter, cannot be seen anymore at the platforms of one of the biggest railway stations in the Balkans. At the Railway station in Skopje,...