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11.03.201619:29
Official Reception on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of OSJD
On 10 March 2016 OSJD hosted an official reception in Marriott hotel in Warsaw (Republic of Poland) devoted to the 60th anniversary of its foundation. The reception was attended by HE Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Charges d'Affaires ad Interim of diplomatic missions of OSJD member countries, representatives of Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction of the Republic of Poland, heads of structural divisions of PKP JSC and OSJD affiliated enterprises from the Republic of Poland, representatives of OSJD Committee and foreign railways in the Republic of Poland, veterans of railway branch and many other guests.
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01.03.201614:41
New InterPanter trains to run between Prague and Brno (according to Ceske drahy)
The first modern InterPanter electric multiple units of Czech Railways JSC (CD) have been deployed on the Prague - Brno fast train line, which has a greater number of stops and supplements existing connections between the two cities in the InterCity category.
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01.03.201614:39
Bulk sulphur load sent from Uzbekistan to Pakistan via Iran for the first time (according to RAI)
According to the Department of Trade and Marketing of RAI (Railway of the Islamic Republic of Iran), bulk sulphur load was sent via Iran from Uzbekistan to Pakistan for the first time.
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01.03.201614:36
Start of first container block train Dalian - Vorsino (according to TASS, Interfax and Dalian Jibao)
On 26-27 January 2016 a working meeting was held in Dalian (China) attended by the delegations of the People's Republic of China, Russian Federation and Republic of Korea represented by the government officials, top managers of logistics and port companies, as well as Samsung Electronics Corporation. During the meeting, a Memorandum on the establishment of "International Logistics Corridor Dalian -Kaluga" was signed.
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22.01.201616:53
Joint Meeting of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the of the Members of OSJD Ministerial Conference and the Conference of General Directors (authorized representatives) of OSJD Railways
The joint meeting, held on 8-11 December 2015 in the OSJD Committee in Warsaw, was attended by the plenipotentiary representatives of the members of OSJD Ministerial Conference and/or plenipotentiary representatives of the members of the Conference of General Directors from:
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04.12.201510:32
Belarus Railways begin electrification of Molodechno – Gudogai state border railway line (according to Byelorussian Railway)
The official groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction, assembling and electrification activities at Molodechno – Gudogai state border railway line took place at Prudy railway station near Molodechno on 24 September 2015.
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04.12.201510:27
Four new traction substations opened in Czech Republic (according to SZDC
On 24 September 2015, the Railway Infrastructure Administration of the Czech Republic completed the construction of traction substtions in Rikovice, Stfelna, Usti u Vsetina and Valasske Mezifici. The new converter stations are crucial for ensuring safety and reliable operation on the respective line sections. The need to implement these constructions resulted in particular from increasing requirements to power railway lines safely.
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02.12.201515:11
First section of Rail Baltica inaugurated (press-release)
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc inaugurated the first completed section of the Rail Baltica 1435-mm-gauge railway line with a ceremony at Kaunas station on October 16, 2015.
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02.12.201514:18
Fourth meeting of the “Russian-Chinese Working Group on HSR (according to the press service of RZD JSC)
The fourth meeting of the “Russian-Chinese Working Group of enterprises on cooperation in the field of high-speed railways (HSR)”, held on 29th September 2015 in the city of Chengdu in China, considered the prospects of the high speed railway project Moscow – Vladimir – Nizhny Novgorod – Cheboksary – Kazan. Nowadays the designing works of the line are being performed by the Russian- Chinese consortium of institutions with the participation of Mosgiprotrans JSC, Nizhegorodmetroproekt JSC and China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co. Ltd.
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06.10.201511:25
Eurasian Friendship Express 2015
On 30 July 2015, the "Eurasian Friendship Express 2015" having departed from Vladivostok Railway Station on 15 July under the slogan "One Dream, One Eurasia" arrived at the Berlin Central railway station, ist final destination. A delegation of 200 citizens of the Republic of Korea made their journey within 15 days from Vladivostok along the Trans-Siberian Railway and then via Moscow, Minsk, Brest and Warsaw to Berlin.