Press releases

2009-04-14

Publication of the 2008 UIC Activities Report: A complete overview of activities and projects

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2009-04-8

UIC new Internet address: www.uic.org

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2009-04-7

UIC ERTMS world conference: All elements are now available for a fast and effective deployment of ERTMS,

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2009-04-1

In approving new statutes for UIC, member railways confirm their wish for a strong, effective global association able to successfully meet the n

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2009-03-30

‘Corporate Film Days’ held at UIC as part of the 17th CineRail international railway film festival

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2009-03-26

UIC world rail statistics for 2008

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2009-03-25

5th International Rail Security Congress, organised by UIC and ONCF, held in Marrakesh on 16 and 17 March

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2009-03-24

UIC world conference on ERTMS to be held in Malaga, 31 March-2 April 2009

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2009-03-20

Signature of the European Road Safety Charter

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2009-03-20

UIC celebrates the introduction of high speed in Turkey

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2009-02-27

IT Development Contract for Enhancement of European Rail Freight Awarded

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2008-12-17

European Union (TEN-T) and the rail professional sector represented by UIC formalise Public–Private Partnership for Railway Interoperability ...

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2008-12-11

The UIC General Assembly unanimously approves the proposed principles for the modification of the statutes...

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2008-12-9

“The climate is right for rail” with UIC, CER and UITP at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 14) in Poznan

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2008-11-25

First cooperation contract signed between UIC and the European Railway Agency (ERA)

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2008-10-27

5th Meeting of ‘UIC Africa’ held on 26 October in Tunis at the invitation of SNCFT

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2008-10-20

4th meeting of UIC Regional Assembly ‘Middle East’ (RAME) held in Istanbul at invitation of Turkish Railways TCDD

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2008-09-30

10th International Brunel Awards

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2008-09-26

UIC hands over to Faiveley Transport Italy an official certificate

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2008-09-25

UIC launches UIC Rail environmental Indicators for monitoring and comparing performance

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2008-09-19

UIC statistics for the first half of 2008

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2008-09-18

The First UIC Sustainability Award 2008 ...

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2008-09-17

Sustainability demonstrated as the future for the railways at the 10th UIC Environment & Sustainability conference in London

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2008-08-13

UIC publishes the Railway Statistics - Synopsis 2007

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2008-07-31

Chinese Railways enter a new «High-speed era» with the start of the operation of Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway on 1st August

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2008-07-25

Green Light for TAF-TSI Deployment - Common Components Group (CCG) Established.

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2008-07-25

New booklet provides facts & figures on sustainable rail transport

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2008-06-24

To choose the most eco-friendly transport option: two internet tools launch by UIC at the European Environment Agency

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2008-06-13

Climate change: “Looking ahead by creating a framework for sustainable transport by rail”

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2008-06-10

UIC Safety Database:A contribution to the 10th World Symposium on Safety at Level Crossingsorganised by UIC and RFF on 24-27 June

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2008-05-30

UIC presented the railway arguments for global warming to the Transport Summit “International Transport Forum” in Leipzig

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2008-05-30

International Railway Training Center for UIC Asia inaugurated in Seoul, Korea

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2008-05-28

UIC Executive Board and 72nd General Assembly held in Seoul at the invitation of Korean Railroads Korail in connection with World congress on Ra

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2008-05-14

3rd meeting of UIC Regional Assembly Middle-East (RAME) held in Amman, Jordan, on 7-8 May

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2008-05-13

Guillaume Pepy, President of SNCF, Member of the UIC European Management Committee (EMC) and Vice-Chairman of UIC Regional Assembly-Europe.

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2008-04-30

UIC governance: the international railway association prepares itself for the next meetings of its governing bodies in Seoul

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2008-04-28

Tension in the application of the new UIC statutes and world governance structure:

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2008-04-18

“Agenda 2015 for Combined Transport in Europe”: paving the way for a strong and lasting growth of Combined Transport

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2008-03-31

UIC International Statistics 2007

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2008-03-21

UIC and Cenelec sign a revised Cooperation Agreement

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2008-03-21

The closing of UIC HIGHSPEED 2008 in Amsterdam after three days of conference and exhibition: 1.300 participants from 44 countries

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2008-03-19

UIC Highspeed 2008 world congress gathers all major players of high speed rail on 17-19 March in Amsterdam

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2008-02-19

UIC Africa: New SIAFI session building on the Vision 2025 for Africa

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2008-01-15

Second Joint Statement UIC, UIP, ERFA and CER

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2008-01-15

UIC welcomes launch by Deutsche Bahn of new container test train linking China via Russia to Germany

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2007-12-14

Final day of climate change talks at the Conference on Climate Change in Bali

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2007-12-13

General Assembly ratifies the appointment of UIC Chairman Mr K.C. Jena (Chairman IR Board) and welcomes 10 new members

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2007-12-11

“Getting the Climate Right for Transport” with UIC and UITP at the United Nations Climate Change conference (COP 13) in Bali

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2007-10-31

4th UIC World Security Forum held on 25-26 October 2007 in Gdansk

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2007-10-22

'Next Station’, the 2nd international conference on railway stations, organised by SNCF and UIC in Paris on 6 and 7 December 2007.

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2007-10-3

UIC HIGHSPEED 2008: the leading world event dedicated to high speed rail will take place on 17-19 March 2008 in Amsterdam

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2007-09-21

UIC statistical results: first half-year of 2007

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2007-09-20

3rd UIC Energy Efficiency Conference in Portoroz-Slovenia

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2007-09-14

UIC ERTMS World Conference 2007 in Berne: a successful event attracting over 750 participants

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2007-09-11

UIC ERTMS World Conference 2007

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2007-09-11

Two new Reports released on the deployment and perspectives of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)

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2007-09-10

Mr. K. C. Jena, appointed Chairman Indian Railway Board, will assume..

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2007-08-1

Railway noise abatement: rail sector welcomes Commission initiative

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2007-07-20

Mega trucks versus rail freight..

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2007-07-13

UIC ERTMS World Conference, the leading event dedicated to ERTMS implementation and deployment, to take place in Berne, on 11-13 September

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2007-06-28

New edition of the Strategic Rail Agenda handed over to Andras Siegler...

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2007-06-27

UIC congratulates Hartmut Mehdorn for the prolongation of his mandate as President of Deutsche Bahn until 2011

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2007-06-22

UIC Executive Board and 70th General Assembly held in Moscow at the invitation of Russian Railways...

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2007-06-22

UIC and CER recommend efficient and sustainable use of public funds for reducing noise emissions

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2007-06-13

The East European high speed line starts commercial operation...

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2007-06-6

2nd UIC Regional Assembly for Middle-East railways (RAME) held in Isfahan, Iran

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2007-04-12

UIC-Africa: Memorandum of Understanding between UIC and the African Union

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2007-04-2

The 1st Global Rail Freight Conference (GRFC) organised by UIC and Indian Railways in Delhi met all expectations...

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2007-03-27

The UIC Regional Assembly for Asia meets in Delhi: new steps towards a Trans-Asian Railway system

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2007-03-16

UIC hails the ‘technical’ inauguration of the TGV-East European high speed line, whilst awaiting the opening for commercial service in June

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2007-03-14

UIC HIGHSPEED 2008, the 6th World Congress and Exhibition on High Speed

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2007-03-5

Rail traffic grows strongly in 2006 across the globe

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2007-02-28

Luxembourg Diplomatic Conference: Signature of the Railway Rolling Stock Protocol to the “Cape Town Convention"

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2007-02-6

UIC Diomis Workshop on the infrastructure shortfalls for rail freight today and by 2015

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2007-02-2

The international Union of Railways (UIC) is looking forward to the 4th IPCC Assessment Report “Climate Change 2007”

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2007-02-1

Hartmut Mehdorn, DB Chairman, is elected as Chairman of the UIC European Regional Assembly set up as part of the new UIC governing structure

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2007-01-10

The UIC's DIOMIS project looks to boost the competitiveness of rail for international freight; presentation of first results

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2006-12-8

General Assembly confirms UIC's Global position:Jay Prakash Batra, Chairman of Indian Railways (IR), elected as the new UIC Chairman

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2006-11-22

Symposium on the Europe - Maghreb freight corridor staged by UIC and SNCFT in Tunis

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2006-11-21

AFRICARAIL / UNIDROIT colloquium in Lomé: UIC recommends the ratification of the railway rolling stock protocol to the Cape Town Convention

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2006-11-20

Rail and Public Transport brought into the spotlight with transport event at the annual United Nations Conference on Climate change

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2006-10-27

UIC participated to the 17th International ECMT / OECD Symposium on Transport Economics and Policy in Berlin

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2006-10-23

Presentation of the Contract of Use for Wagons (GCU) prepared by UIC, UIP and ERFA

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2006-10-19

9th UIC Environment Co-ordinators Conference

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2006-10-18

1st Asian Railway Summit organised by UIC and Korail in Seoul

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2006-10-16

UIC eBusiness Conference in Paris: Innovative eBusiness solutions for the railway Sector

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2006-09-28

Two new UIC Forum Chairmen appointed

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2006-09-25

As the TGV celebrates its 25th anniversary, high-speed rail travel confirms its successes in Europe and Worldwide

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2006-09-21

All major stakeholders of the rail sector acting together in the “INNOTRACK” project

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2006-09-14

CER / UIC High level Freight meeting: Europe’s Rail freight operators promote priority infrastructure for cargo trains

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2006-07-18

UIC contributes to sustainable development objectives: The UIC leaflet 345 “Environmental specifications for new rolling stock” has been published

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2006-07-17

UIC expresses solidarity from the World railways community to Indian Railways after Bombay tragedy

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2006-06-26

New UIC Security platform: Setting up of the steering committee.

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2006-06-19

Following up the new UIC world governance structure, the UIC establishes the first Regional Assembly for the Middle East

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2006-06-13

UIC almost complete as Russian Railways return as active members. UIC reaffirms its role as the worldwide organisation for the railway sector.

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2006-06-13

The UIC General Assembly in Montreal approves its new world governance structure

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2006-05-23

Standardisation : Migration of a series of ‘UIC Leaflets’ to CEN level to support the implementation of the Telematics Applications for Freight

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2006-05-19

General Contract of Use for Wagons (GCU) developed by UIC, UIP and ERFA now ready to enter into force July 1st, 2006

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2006-04-26

First African Union Conference of Ministers responsible for Railway Transport, held in Brazzaville

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2006-04-14

Rail sector stakeholders gather in Budapest for the UIC ERTMS world conference

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2006-03-29

The UIC Executive Board sets up an ERTMS Platform to support the migration strategy for the ETCS and GSM-R systems

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2006-03-15

UIC Statistics: A highly contrasting picture across the spectrum of UIC members

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2006-03-9

7th UIC World ERTMS Conference in Budapest - Central theme will be “ERTMS – Towards a Masterplan for Deployment”

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2006-03-9

Vision and targets for future railway systems presented to EC Research Commissioner

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2006-02-16

UIC hosts corporate communications film day as part of the 14th annual Cinérail festival

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2006-02-16

Closing ceremony : announcement of winners

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2006-02-15

Launch of UIC DIOMIS Study: “Developing infrastructure use and operating models for intermodal shift”

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2005-12-5

Railways are the right answer to the transport sector‘s need to lowering GHG Emissions

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2005-11-28

UIC is representing the rail transport sector at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 11) in Montreal

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2005-11-15

Eurailspeed 2005 in Milan is a resounding success, showcasing the current dynamism of high speed rail and its future development prospects

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2005-11-4

Eurailspeed 2005 opens Monday 7 November in Milan with over 1 300 delegates in attendance

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2005-11-4

UIC in Delhi pledge to rise to the challenges of globalisation

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2005-10-26

UIC / CER Workshop ”Rail Freight Noise Abatement in Europe”

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2005-10-18

The future of Railway Standards in Europe “CEN and UIC review their Memorandum of Understanding”

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2005-10-13

ERRAC information seminar: All stakeholders from the European rail sector committed to enhance ..

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2005-10-7

UIC appoints two new Directors

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2005-09-1

UIC publishes Leaflet 556 on information transmission in trains (the “train bus”)

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2005-08-30

J.P. Batra, Chairman of the Indian railways board (IR), new Chairman of the UIC World Executive Council

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2005-07-22

Creation of a UAR regional group for Central Africa: UIC reaffirms its support for the Union of African Railways

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2005-07-8

Framework agreement on quality signed between UIRR and UIC

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2005-07-5

UIC approves the Standard Contract for the Use of Wagons (CUU), drawn up in cooperation with ERFA and UIP, to enter force on 1 January 2006.

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2005-06-29

Luc Aliadière takes over from Philippe Roumeguère as UIC Chief Executive with effect from 1 July

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2005-05-16

Change in the Direction of the International Union of Railways (UIC)

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2005-04-4

Eurailspeed 2005: Milan, a world-scale gathering for high speed rail from 7 to 9 November

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2005-04-1

A decade of successful cooperation between UIC and OSJD

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2005-03-17

Interoperability of the trans-European rail system

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2005-03-7

The first project for the TPWS train protection and warning system - corresponding to ETCS level 1 standard - awarded in India ..

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2005-02-15

The international Union of Railways (UIC) welcomes the official Kyoto Protocol entry into force

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2005-01-12

“Next Station”: 1st international conference on railway stations

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2004-12-7

Railways launch a new delay compensation scheme for international passengers

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2004-06-29

Conference on Climate Change in Bonn : Railways and Public Transport must play a more significant role in global sustainable deve

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2004-06-4

UITP and UIC sign declaration on terrorism at international conference on personal security in public transport

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