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HS2 has revealed revised designs of the railway in the Canley Brook area near Kenilworth in Warwickshire which will significantly reduce environmental impacts and avoid a major realignment of a local river, preserving the home of protected wildlife such as otters and bats.

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

On 11 March 2021, Sinara - Transportnye Mashiny announced that it has identified Uralskie lokomotivy as a site for production of the new Class 2TE35A diesel locomotives.

More than ten years ago, a RAILPOOL locomotive hauled a block train for METRANS for the first time, travelling the approximately 1,100 km long route between Praha-Uhříněves and Rotterdam.

HS2 began work on the UK’s longest railway bridge, with an expert team of ground engineers sinking the first of almost 300 piles that will form the foundations for the Colne Valley Viaduct.

In early March 2021, OVK (UWC) announced that it will supply 1,000 large-capacity container wagons to the intermodal container operator Trans Sinergia (Trans Synergy) during 2021.

Worn-out wind turbine blades destined for the incinerator will instead be used to create carbon-friendly reinforced concrete on Britain’s new high speed rail network, HS2.

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.

Following conditions of test operation in the Czech Republic being fulfilled, remaining TRAXX MS3 locomotives ordered so far by Czech operators can be delivered, as they can use them at least within the country. 

On 11 March 2021, ČD took over into hire most of the first six locomotives from Slovak leasing company Rolling Stock Lease (former S Rail Lease).

The UL factory situated in the town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma fulfilled its annual production plan for 2020, despite all the COVID difficulties.

On 5 March 2021, TMH signed the contracts with YuKZhD, a RZD subsidiary which carries out railway transportation in Armenia, for the supply of 27 passenger cars and two Class EP2D EMUs. 

Green Cargo, the largest rail freight operator in Sweden, is celebrating 20 years.

The successful partnership between Green Cargo and Vallviks Bruk for shipping roundwood from Malungsfors to the pulp mill in Vallvik has resulted in an extension of the current agreement for one year.

On 10 March 2021, ELL Vectrons 193 759 and 193 766 left Austria. NS is hiring these for the purpose of haulage Amsterdam - Berlin Intercity services and the new Nightjet services to Amsterdam.