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On 3 June 2020, locomotives 193 289 and 193 294 underwent the approval runs required for the issuance of a permit to operate in Hungary. The other of the ten Vectrons, which ČD hires from ELL, have completed this already before leased to ČD in late 2017.

On 10 March 2020, at the Tulpar-Talgo works in Nur-Sultan, TMH presented its rail vehicles to the top management and technical experts of KTZ and other operators and authorities.

On 4 June 2020 DMZ completed the delivery of a batch of five four-car Class EP3D EMUs to the Russian Railways scheduled for 2020.

On 29 May 2020 TVZ started delivery of a batch of escort carriages for RZD freight trains.

While the batch production of three-car Class 661 RegioPanters for ZSSK is in progress, the prototype four-car EMUs 660.001 and 002 are located at the VUZ Velim test centre and type and authorisation tests are being carried out with them.

Under a transaction signed in February 2020 and now approved by the relevant antitrust authorities, VTG Rail Logistics GmbH has acquired a majority stake in Slovakian railway operator Carbo Rail. With immediate effect, the Hamburg-based group has thus taken full charge of Carbo Rail’s strategic development and operational management.

Under the motto „Genuss auf Schiene“ present the partner companies of „So schmeckt Niederösterreich“ events every weekend from July to September 2020 the cheese variations and fine wines in the 1st class panorama car of the Mariazellerbahn.  

On 29 May 2020 Knorr-Bremse of Mödling and ELL Austria of Wien have concluded a framework contract for the maintenance of locomotive braking systems and the main switches of ELL Vectrons.

At night 19/20 May 2020 Bombardier Transportation delivered the 200th FLEXITY Berlin low-floor tram to Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe.

The first coaches from the ČD contract for 10 five-car non-traction units, which are manufactured in the Siemens-Škoda consortium, are already taking shape.

On 27 May 2020, after more than two years of inactivity, the JHMD diesel railcar M 27.004 again rolled onto the tracks on its own power.

On 29 May 2020, Vossloh AG finalised the sale of its Locomotives business unit to CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., Zhuzhou.

On 28 May 2020 Stadler announced that it has officially supplied to Greater Anglia final of its 58 FLIRT UK units ordered in 2016.

On 27 May 2020 Bombardier Transportation announced that it has signed contracts for 28 BiLevel commuter carriages with two US West Coast transportation authorities in a procurement led by the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) in Seattle, Washington. The total combined value of the contracts is approximately 108 million USD.

On 27 May 2020 TVZ sent to Tulpar-Talgo a first batch of 28 subassemblies for the new passenger cars ordered by KTZ.