This week’s global railway supply chain news from Railway Gazette International. On October 1 Indian company Afcons Infrastructure signed its first contract in Europe, a €898.9m EU-cofinanced deal to rebuild and double-track Croatian infrastructure manager HŽ Infrastruktura’s 83 km Dugo Selo – Novska line to support 160 km/h operation. The works are scheduled to take five years and 10 months. ‘We will prove that we are the right choice’, said the contractor’s EVP & Croatian Project Director Udai Veer Singh. Eptisa Adria has been awarded a supervision contract. DYWIDAG and Dual Inventive have signed a MoU to explore how infrastructure monitoring alerts generated by DYWIDAG’s Infrastructure Intelligence platform can be automatically linked to the Dual Inventive’s MTinfo 3000 monitoring and control system. The aim is to reduce the time between detecting a potentially catastrophic event and implementing operational safeguards. The initial focus will be on embankment instability. ‘The railway industry has made significant progress in monitoring infrastructure assets, but there can still be a gap between detecting a problem and applying protection’, said Josh Jackson, Managing Director at Dual Inventive. Marc Ó Dálaigh, DYWIDAG Regional Director for UK & Ireland, said ‘validated data is only useful if it leads to action quickly enough to matter’. Strabag completed its acquisition of 100% of Romanian railway infrastructure contractor BAWI Construction on September 30 following receipt of the required regulatory approvals. BAWI will retain its name and continue its existing activities as part of the Strabag Group, which said the acquisition would expand its expertise and value chain in railway construction and position the group to benefit from growing investment in Romania and the wider southeastern European market. Stadler has appointed Philipp Brunner as Group CEO to take over from Markus Bernsteiner on January 1 2027. The company said the change has been planned well in advance, and Bernsteiner intends to focus on strategic roles on the boards of other companies. Brunner has been with Stadler for more than 16 years. He is currently CEO of the Central Europe and Germany divisions and has been a member of the Group Executive Board since 2021. The new division heads will be announced at a later date. On October 1 Eurofima disbursed a third tranche of €5m to Bulgarian national operator BDZ’s passenger division under a financing framework agreed in April 2026. This is to support the acquisition of 20 second-hand inter-city passenger coaches previously operated in Germany. Eurofima has now provided €17.6m under the framework, supporting the acquisition of a total of 73 coaches to strengthen passenger services while extending the useful life of existing assets. During InnoTrans 2026, bearing manufacturer Schaeffler signed an agreement expanding its strategic co-operation with Alstom to cover products for regional and commuter trains, trams and metros. This builds on existing work on locomotives and high speed trains. ‘By working closer together, we are building a more resilient supply chain while supporting Alstom’s future programmes and long-term ambitions’, says Nathalie Saint-Martin, Chief Procurement Officer of Alstom.
This week’s global railway supply chain news from Railway Gazette International.
On October 1 Indian company Afcons Infrastructure signed its first contract in Europe, a €898.9m EU-cofinanced deal to rebuild and double-track Croatian infrastructure manager HŽ Infrastruktura’s 83 km Dugo Selo – Novska line to support 160 km/h operation. The works are scheduled to take five years and 10 months. ‘We will prove that we are the right choice’, said the contractor’s EVP & Croatian Project Director Udai Veer Singh. Eptisa Adria has been awarded a supervision contract.
DYWIDAG and Dual Inventive have signed a MoU to explore how infrastructure monitoring alerts generated by DYWIDAG’s Infrastructure Intelligence platform can be automatically linked to the Dual Inventive’s MTinfo 3000 monitoring and control system. The aim is to reduce the time between detecting a potentially catastrophic event and implementing operational safeguards. The initial focus will be on embankment instability. ‘The railway industry has made significant progress in monitoring infrastructure assets, but there can still be a gap between detecting a problem and applying protection’, said Josh Jackson, Managing Director at Dual Inventive. Marc Ó Dálaigh, DYWIDAG Regional Director for UK & Ireland, said ‘validated data is only useful if it leads to action quickly enough to matter’.
Strabag completed its acquisition of 100% of Romanian railway infrastructure contractor BAWI Construction on September 30 following receipt of the required regulatory approvals. BAWI will retain its name and continue its existing activities as part of the Strabag Group, which said the acquisition would expand its expertise and value chain in railway construction and position the group to benefit from growing investment in Romania and the wider southeastern European market.
Stadler has appointed Philipp Brunner as Group CEO to take over from Markus Bernsteiner on January 1 2027. The company said the change has been planned well in advance, and Bernsteiner intends to focus on strategic roles on the boards of other companies. Brunner has been with Stadler for more than 16 years. He is currently CEO of the Central Europe and Germany divisions and has been a member of the Group Executive Board since 2021. The new division heads will be announced at a later date.
On October 1 Eurofima disbursed a third tranche of €5m to Bulgarian national operator BDZ’s passenger division under a financing framework agreed in April 2026. This is to support the acquisition of 20 second-hand inter-city passenger coaches previously operated in Germany. Eurofima has now provided €17.6m under the framework, supporting the acquisition of a total of 73 coaches to strengthen passenger services while extending the useful life of existing assets.
During InnoTrans 2026, bearing manufacturer Schaeffler signed an agreement expanding its strategic co-operation with Alstom to cover products for regional and commuter trains, trams and metros. This builds on existing work on locomotives and high speed trains. ‘By working closer together, we are building a more resilient supply chain while supporting Alstom’s future programmes and long-term ambitions’, says Nathalie Saint-Martin, Chief Procurement Officer of Alstom.
Source: Railway Gazette
