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Conditions given by Drážní úřad for test operation of the very first TRAXX MS3 locomotives in revenue service, 388.001 and 002, were fulfilled recently.
On 29 January 2021, Alstom announced completion of the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.
On 21 January 2021, Bombardier Transportation and GTS Rail signed a contract for three more Class E.494 TRAXX DC3 locomotives.
On 17 December 2020, MEDWAY Italia took over two new TRAXX DC3 locomotives E.494.231 and E.494.232 at Bombardier’s factory Vado Ligure.
On 18 December 2020, Bombardier Transportation and Railpool have announced the signature of a contract for an ETCS OBU from Baseline 2 to Baseline 3 upgrade for 73 of Railpool’s TRAXX MS2 locomotives.
Bombardier Transportation announced that its Transnet locomotive fleet in South Africa has successfully completed ten million km in service since operations began in December 2017.
On 4 September 2020 Bombardier Transportation and CARGOUNIT of Poland celebrated the handover of the first of three TRAXX MS locomotives in Gdańsk, at the siding of LOTOS Kolej.
On 9 July 2020 Alstom announced that following the notification of the transaction to the European Commission on 11 June 2020, it has taken a further step towards closing of its planned acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.
On 2 July 2020, one of those two TRAXX MS3 locomotives from the ČD Cargo order, which recently started test operation, took its very first freight train. So far the machines only run light on the public network.
On 12 June 2020, both first ČD Cargo TRAXX MS3 locomotives, which are present in the Czech Republic, moved from the VUZ Velim test centre to the Ústí nad Labem depot. Following all necessary paperwork being sorted out, the first run in the test regime took place on 23 June.
Since early 2020 most of the railway and other media were employed by the plans to merge the transport divisions of Alstom and Bombardier. However, what can be the real benefits of this acquisition?
On 4 May, it was again possible to see the locomotives 388.001 and 002 at the VUZ test centre Velim.
Within the process to award the approval of the test service on the public network, locomotives 388.001 and 002 for ČD Cargo underwent another round of EMC measurements at the VUZ Velim test centre n 21 April 2020.
On the night of 14/15 April 2020 two locomotives of the new Class 388 for ČD Cargo were transported from the operator's depot in Ústí nad Labem to Velim.
On 30 January Bombardier formally handed over new TRAXX DC3 locomotives E494 201 and 281.