Broad Gauge Heads to Austria

In November 2008, a multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on 1,524 mm-gauge network extension to western Europe was signed by representatives of the Slovakian government, Russian Railways (RZD), and Ukrainian Railways (UZ) in Slovakia. The volume of rail freight moving between Asia and Europe could be boosted with the help of this new line, which extends from Kosice, Slovakia to the Austrian border. Russian and Slovakian transportation ministries also signed a political agreement confirming the Slovakian government's desire to cooperatively and quickly work with Russia to develop the International Corridor V route via Kosice. Transcontainer, the intermodal operator that is majority owned by RZD, signed a 15-year lease for the Dobra container transshipment terminal with ZSSK Cargo. Transcontainer sees the Dobra terminal as the western end of the Asia to Europe 12,000 km landbridge, and a complement to its terminal at Zabaikalsk on the Chinese/Russian border.

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• Authors:
  • Fender, Keith
• Publication Date: 2009-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 14-15
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight trains; Intermodal terminals; Intermodal transportation; Railroads
• Identifier Terms: Russian Railways; Transcontainer; Ukrainian Railways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rail extension projects
• Geographic Terms: Russia (Federation); Slovakia; Ukraine
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01118613
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 22 2009 9:33AM