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The sole EMU in the fleet was built in 1990 to serve excursion services operated on the 1,435 mm gauge part of the Kintetsu railway network. Now it is ready to offer more comfort.
In the second half of August 2020, a new test programe with a Vectron took place in Austria - this time with 193 780.
In recent months NEVZ handed over to the Uzbekistan Railways five new three-section Class 3ES5K freight electric locomotives.
CZ LOKO completed the first of four EffiShunter 1600 locomotives ordered by ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog (AMKR), and on 24 August 2020 this arrived at the Velim test base.
On 21 August 2020 OVK (UWC) announced that it has received RS FZhT certification for its Model 15-629 six-axle articulated tank wagon for the transportation of light oil products.
The new landmark station, set to be built in Solihull, was praised for its green credentials as Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council approved the design on 26 August.
On 26 August 2020 Siemens Mobility's Inspiro trains and Trainguard MT systems have gone into passenger service on Line 3 of the Sofia metro (Metropoliten EAD, MEAD).
Repairs are already being completed on the first four GTW 2/6 DMUs bought by ARRIVA vlaky, which were moved in April 2020 from Germany to the Czech Republic.
In the invitation to tender for Packages 2B and C as part of Stage 2 of the new railway construction project, Vossloh was again awarded the contract for the supply of rail fasteners.
On 24 August 2020 Bombardier Transportation announced that it has completed the local assembly work on the first of the batch of 27 driverless INNOVIA Metro 300 trains ordered in October 2017 for the Kelana Jaya Light Rail Transit line in Kuala Lumpur.
25 August saw the first rail freight delivery of aggregate arrive at HS2’s Washwood Heath site in Birmingham, signalling the start of HS2’s major programme to take up to 1.5 million lorries off the roads to cut carbon emissions.
Under the motto “Greener Linien”, Wiener Linien is continuously implementing projects that make public transport even more climate-friendly.
Eurostar today confirms that its London - Amsterdam service will operate fully direct both to and from the Netherlands from 26 October.
On 24 August 2020, UNIPETROL DOPRAVA announced order of four Vectron MS locomotives.
One of the first X’Trapolis Cityduplex EMUs is present at the Velim test circuit now.