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At present the very first driving trailer from the batch of five three-car double-deck push-pull ČD trains for use in the Moravian-Silesian Region is nearing completion.

On 22 September 2020 TMH announced that it will build three Class RA3 DMUs for RZD subsidiary Passazhirskaya kompaniya „Sakhalin“

The Dutch Province of Utrecht, being regional transport authority and owner of the tram rail infrastructure in the Utrecht greater city area, has revealed that the conversion project of the tramway system between Utrecht and satellite towns of Nieuwegein and IJsselstein is even more delayed than was recently foreseen.

On 17 September 2020, TMH Hungary assessed 100 days of its activity since taking over the management of the Dunakeszi factory.

CZ LOKO Jihlava works recently finished 744.135 destined for Luka Koper, the port authority, which placed an order for one EffiShunter. 

On 16 September 2020, a new weekly rail shuttle service has started, providing Oslo and Norway with a rapid, dependable, climate-smart link to the largest port in Scandinavia.

On 16 September 2020, Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, has revealed colour scheme for its new 362 million GBP train fleet, as Nexus launches a major public consultation on its interior design. 

On 17 September 2020, first part of the new double track electrified main line between Púchov, Považská Bystrica and Považská Teplá was put into operation.

CRRC ZELC finalised the first of the hybrid electric-battery locomotives ordered by Rail Cargo Hungaria.

Not only new EMUs form part of the BLS fleet rejuvenating strategy. The operator wants to ensure that its fleet can be serviced and maintained at three works in the long term so that S-Bahn Bern can continue to operate efficiently and powerfully in the future.

On 9 September 2020, BLS and Stadler presented the new BLS FLIRT EMU to the public for the first time in Erlen.

On 7 September 2020, the first pre-series FLEXITY low-floor tram for Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG (DVG) was presented to the public. 

OVK (UWC) and Laude Smart Intermodal have signed a contract on the development and supply of 1,000 new Model 13-6724 container wagons for use on the Russia-Poland corridor.

On 7 September 2020 OVK (UWC) announced that its four-axle Class Sgmmns container wagons designed for the transports of large-capacity containers on 1,435 mm gauge network and produced for Laude Smart Intermodal have successfully passed certification testing in Europe.

The EffiShunter 1000 for the Italian operator EVM Rail and the sixth EffiShunter 1600 for the Finnish operator Fennia Rail were recently completed at the CZ LOKO works in Jihlava.