2/2017

On 14 March 2017, having completed its initial static tests, Alstom’s second fuel cell Coradia iLint multiple unit, 654 102, made its first test runs on the test track within Salzgitter works, progressively being worked up to a speed of 80 km/h.

Siemens is steadily expanding its presence in the North American rail vehicle market. In R2 we visit the manufacturer’s Sacramento factory and also look at some of its other activities in California.

On 1 January 2001 the railfreight market in Italy was opened up to private operators. Between the start of the very first open access international freight service in 2006 and 2015 these operators captured close on 39 % of the market share in Italy.

On 12 June 2014 Stadler was awarded a contract by Azerbaijan state operator ADY (Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları) for a batch of 30 new 160 km/h carriages to be used on international services linking Baku, Tbilisi, Kars, Ankara and Istanbul.

On 17 February 2017 in Paris Christophe Sirugue, Minister of State for Industry, and Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Alstom’s Chairman and CEO, revealed what progress had been made on the rescue programme for the Belfort factory, this being a joint strategy by the Government and manufacturer.