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Following an interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic on 19 March 2020, FlixTrain will resume its operations on 23 July. We added a couple of new photos taken at Talbot Services.
Škoda Transportation has recently started construction of a new production and testing facility in Plzeň. In 2020 and 2021 the company will invest more than 800 million CZK (around 30 million EUR) in its main premises there.
On 10 July 2020 UL handed over to RZD a ten-car ES2G-131 EMU, the first Lastochka in the MTsD colours.
On 23 July 2020 HS2 revealed the final design for the Chalfont St Peter vent shaft headhouse - the first of four similar structures that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the high-speed rail line’s 10 mile-long Chiltern tunnel.
In February this year LOTOS Kolej publicly announced that it plans to start operating freight trains under its own license in the Czech Republic. This happened for the first time at the end of June, and regular transports began in July.
On 22 July 2020, Vossloh Fastening Systems celebrated the production of its one billionth tension clamp at its Werdohl site.
HS2 Ltd showed an example of how Britain’s new high-speed railway will provide a greener future by enabling new train paths on the existing network which can be used to move more goods by rail.
RegioJet today announced that it will start a new train service from 31 July 2020 on the Praha - Brno - Wien - Budapest line.
Bombardier Transportation has been awarded a contract by the North County Transit District for 11 new commuter cars for the COASTER service.
On 16 July 2020 in Szczecin an agreement was signed between Województwo Zachodniopomorskie (the West Pomeranian voivodship) and Newag for the supply of two Class 36WEh Impuls 2 EDMUs with an option for ten more.
On 15 July 2020 DB and Siemens Mobility signed a contract worth around 1 billion EUR for 30 new ICE 3 Velaros based on the operator’s Class 407.
On 3 July 2020 Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (LG) on the occasion of its 101st birthday presented new names, logos and image of all the companies in the group.