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It's almost two years since the first CRRC-built wagons cars for London Underground arrived in the UK.

Upon arrival at the VUZ Velim test centre, the six-car DEMU2 double-deck EMU for WESTBahn started test runs there. 

Some of the vehicles produced by CRRC for European customers are the Class 461 locomotives for Rail Cargo Hungaria (RCH).

On 4 May 2022, a CRRC-built double-deck EMU for WESTbahn arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

In September 2021, ZF started delivery of the new Type EcoMet axle gearboxes for CRRC Puzhen.

On 23 June 2021, Paribus Rail Investment Management GmbH has signed a framework agreement on behalf of its long-standing investment partner, RIVE Private Investment, to purchase up to 50 Type DM 20-EBB (Dual-Mode) emission-free shunting and mainline locomotives.

On 1 June 2021, Vossloh Locomotives was awarded type approval by ERA for the Type DE18 locomotive in Italy. 

At the end of May, a big celebration was held at the CRRC Zhuzhou works - a rollo-out of the new EMU for WESTbahn.

Following previous tests at the Wegberg-Wildenrath centre, the new CRRC ZELC-built locomotive, arrived in the Czech Republic on 17 March 2021.

The tests of the CRRC ZELC-built locomotive for Rail Cargo Hungaria (RCH) are now moving from Germany to the Czech Republic.

Following a contract awarded in March 2017, CRRC is building a batch of two types of wagons London Underground for track renewal and maintenance trains. Their delivery was initially scheduled to take place between 2018 and 2019.

Since December 2020, DB Cargo has rented six Type DE 12 and seven type Type DE 18 diesel-electric locomotives.

Rail Cargo Hungaria announced now delivery of the electro-battery mainline locomotive to Europe. Actually, it was disembarked in the port of Bremen in mid-December 2020 already.

On 6 April 2018 Bombardier Transportation announced that it had been awarded a contract worth about 3.8 billion SEK (368 million EUR) by Swedish local operator Västtrafik for 40 200 km/h three-car EMUs, with an option for 60 more trains.

On 15 October 2020, Keolis’ Chinese joint venture Shanghai Keolis was awarded a new five-year contract by the public transport authority of Jiaxing,forming a new joint venture called Shenjia (51 % Jiaxing Rail Co. and 49 % Shanghai Keolis) with the authority to operate and maintain the city’s new tram network.