STARS Project – SME Survey

STARS Project – SME Survey   An SME survey for companies in railway supply and multimodal industry was launched as a part of STARS project, led by 10 ERCI railway clusters, 5 technological centers and 1 digital innovation hub, covering 14 Europen countries. Survey aims to determine the degree of implementation of advanced technologies by…

Altpro a Part of Monorail project in Egypt

Altpro a Part of Monorail project in Egypt   RCSEE Member, Altpro company from Zagreb, together with its long-time partners Bombarier and Alstom, is participating in large project in Egypt that has a goal of connecting Cairo via monorail with two new satellite citites, one of which will become a new state capital. As said…

Serbia Train to Procure 18 Trains from Stadler Poland

Serbia Train to Procure 18 Trains from Stadler Poland   European Bank for Renewal and Development (EBRD) announced that Serbia Train, Serbian national passenger transport railway operator will procure at least 18 electromotor trains from Stadler Polska company, for use in regional traffic. Contract was awarded to Stadler on December 27, as the best bidder…

Škoda begins manufacture of trams in MIND Park in Kragujevac

Škoda begins manufacture of trams in MIND Park in Kragujevac   „Škoda“ company is beginning to manufacture trams in MIND Park in Kragujevac. The plan is to manufacture traction engines and engineering, leading to manufacture of complete trams for byers in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as for other procurers throughout Europe. „We are…

International projects in which the RCSEE is involved

International projects in which the RCSEE is involved   S-ACCESS project https://s-accessproject.eu/ S-ACCESS is a project that aims to prepare and support European small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in public procurement processes in non-European markets. Three markets were selected as targets – the United States, Canada and Norway. The project is currently in the…

SEE Rail Perspective, Issue Eighteen

SEE Rail Perspective, Issue Eighteen The eighteenth issue of SEE Rail Perspective, regular newsletter of Rail Cluster for Southeast Europe is published. The newsletter covers the news on the activities of the Cluster, important events in this sector from the region, as well as of the activities of Cluster members. All Cluster members interested in…

Modernization of industrial zone Sobovica-Lužnice near Kragujevac – DRP for railway line

Modernization of industrial zone Sobovica-Lužnice near Kragujevac – DRP for railway line   According to the earlier plans documents, next step for modernization of industrial zone Sobovica-Lužnice is planned construction of railway line Sobovica-Lužnice- Batočina, to provide potential investors with the possibility of using advantages of railway traffic. After recently presented proposal for the amendments…

Winners of the ERCI Innovation Awards 2021

Winners of the ERCI Innovation Awards 2021 On Tuesday 26 October 2021, during the SIFER Expo at Lille Grand Palais, the European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) awarded prizes to the best European innovations in the railway industry from those companies who submitted applications to the annual ERCI Railway Innovation Competition. The competition identifies the best…