A new system of adapting railway cars to the different European track gauges is currently being installed along the Polish-Lithuanian border.
Published:
15 September 2000 y., Friday
A new system of adapting railway cars to the different European track gauges is currently being installed along the Polish-Lithuanian border, which should speed cargo and passenger traffic, Rzeczpospolita reported Wednesday.
The new line will also bypass Belarus, cutting down time for settling border and customs formalities and saving passengers the need to obtain Belarussian visas.
Standard western European railway track has a width of 1.435 meters (4.708 feet), but in the countries of the former Soviet Union the standard gauge is 1.520 meters (4.987 feet), requiring wheels to be changed on railway cars or cargo be transshipped.
A new section of track has been installed at the Moskawa border post between Poland and Lithuania that allows specially designed railway cars to gradually shift gauge, the newspaper reported.
The new system, called the SUW 2000 and similar to the DB Rafil V used in Germany, should be ready for passenger traffic beginning October 1.
Only a few minutes are to be saved on the 10 hour trip between Warsaw and Vilnius initially as the new route adds 150 kilometers (93 miles), much of it on track that needs improvement.
Šaltinis:
Agence France Presse
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
On 31 August 2009 in a non-public way AB Bank SNORAS issued the emission of perpetual debt securities included into the bank capital amounting to LTL 72.5 million.
more »
The European Commission, through its longstanding cooperation with the US and Canada, announces the launch of 33 new and innovative projects involving universities and training institutions on both sides of the Atlantic.
more »
Today at the VII World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences in Rome, the European Commission and the European cosmetic industry presented their joint financial effort for research into alternative safety testing methods.
more »
SEB Bank, the largest bank in Lithuania, invests almost LTL 4.6 million in to the upgrade of its data transmission network.
more »
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a credit of US$ 36.6 million equivalent of additional financing for the Lifeline Road Improvement Project for Armenia.
more »
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the first review of Latvia's performance under an economic program supported by a 27-month Stand-By Arrangement.
more »
The Commission has today decided to close the formal investigation procedure into the privatisation and restructuring of Austrian Airlines concluding that the restructuring following its sale to Lufthansa is compatible with community law.
more »
Ben Bernanke's reappointment as head of the Federal Reserve did not come as a surprise, but Wall Street still responded with the proverbial thumbs up.
more »
Over I half-year 2009 accommodation establishments had by 22 per cent less guests.
more »
In the first such transaction in Russia, carbon credits generated by utilising gas which would otherwise be flared at an oilfield in eastern Siberia are to be purchased through a carbon fund set up by the EBRD and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF).
more »