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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS BRM9
Significant issues, machinery, history
Cover story Because of the small population of the Baltic States, and the traditional priority given to freight, passenger transport by train is less able to compete with road transport. A number of articles examine the problem.
A conference Effective public transport – what does it cost? was held in Vilnius in November. Discussions concerning the current provision of passenger transport and where it is heading. How do the Baltic States maintain and improve a difficult situation, both to provide a green transport system, and meet EU requirements?
Kaliningrad Oblast passenger services could be reduced to one-seventh of its present capacity or disappear altogether if financial subsidies are not increased. Priority to be given to infrastructure development.
A tourist’s view from Britain. Following on from an article in the last issue, another visitor gives his opinions on the situation regarding passenger transport in the Baltic States.
International passenger transportation by railways in the Baltic States before WWII. How it used to be done.
Rail Baltica in Estonia. Current thinking on the plans for Estonia’s section of the project.
Meeting “The Sun” in Lithuania. A new twist to a Lithuanian tradition. Inauguration of a new freight train from China to Belgium via Lithuania.
Siemens loco hauls record 9000 tonnes freight train in the Urals. Heavy!
New frontier station opened at Koidula in Latvia replaces the previous frontier (!) station at Tartu, to the relief of the Mayor of Tartu.
Other developments. A report on the work of Gelsauga UAB, a company providing security and cleaning services to Lietuvos Geležinkeliai.
The ROBEL vibration tamper. A modern development of a traditional item of track maintenance.
History. The Riga – Daugavpils Railway celebrates its 150th anniversary.
The Lithuanian Railway Museum in Vilnius expands.
Report of a collision between a passenger and a freight train in Latvia in October 1974.
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