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A Visit To Stadler Siedlce (6)
A Visit To Stadler Siedlce (6)

On 29 January 2020 we visited Stadler Siedlce. This works is now, in addition to Class 777 EMUs and various types of FLIRTs, also building trams for Poland and Germany. In early 2020 at Stadler Siedlce works the contrat for BSVG (Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH) was nearing completion.

 

Stockholm Norvik Port Connected To The Rail Network
Stockholm Norvik Port Connected To The Rail Network

Over the Easter weekend the industrial branch line that Ports of Stockholm has built to Stockholm Norvik Port was connected to the railway network and electrified.

Nymwag CS Launched Deliveries Of Freight Wagons
Nymwag CS Launched Deliveries Of Freight Wagons

In 2019 the Czech freight wagon manufacturer Legios Loco ended up in bankruptcy, following the quite dramatic and not very transparent circumstances. One of the consequences is that the branch Nymburk workshop is resuming its activity independently, under the new identity Nymwag CS, managed by Petr Vlček, former general director of Legios Loco.

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A PKP IC Pendolino Accident In Germany
A PKP IC Pendolino Accident In Germany

On 8 April 2020 at 15.35 h an accident occurred between Allach and Olching (north-west of München) during a test run with the Pendolino ED250-001 and the Class 152 locomotives.

A New O&M Contract for Frankfurt Airport’s APM
A New O&M Contract for Frankfurt Airport’s APM

Bombardier Transportation announced today that on 31 March 2020 it has signed a ten-year contract with Fraport AG to continue operating and maintaining the INNOVIA APM 100 people mover system and to modernise its signalling technology with the CITYFLO 650 solution at Frankfurt Airport.

ČD Cargo's TRAXXes Towards VUZ Velim
ČD Cargo's TRAXXes Towards VUZ Velim

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.

How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (5)
How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (5)

It is an interesting fact that, in spite of several hundred 1,520 mm gauge Evolutions on order, not a single LKZ-built locomotive was sold to Russia so far.

An Interesting Transport Of New-Built Vehicles
An Interesting Transport Of New-Built Vehicles

A Slovakian freight operator PSŽ was involved in hauling of a convoy consisting of two Class 480 Transmontana locomotives and a WINK.

New Carriages For Rocky Mountaineer Delivered
New Carriages For Rocky Mountaineer Delivered

Without much publicity, Stadler delivered in 2018 and 2019 a batch of ten double deck cars to Rocky Mountaineer (RM), which runs luxury train services in western Canada. 

More And More Operators Using EURODUALs
More And More Operators Using EURODUALs

Following HVLE and ITL, three other German operators incorporated EURODUALs in their fleets in recent days.

Unique Rail Collaboration To Secure The Food Industry’s Supply Chain
Unique Rail Collaboration To Secure The Food Industry’s Supply Chain

ICA, a Swedish grocery retailer, will use the Volvo Group’s freight trains to transport goods.

Both ČD Tauruses In Regular Service
Both ČD Tauruses In Regular Service

On 8 April, the second of the two ČD's Class 1216 locomotives entered regular service. 

How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (4)
How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (4)

In December 2014 a new factory for diesel engine manufacture was inaugurated in Kazakh capital - Astana Diesel Service (ADS).

Impuls 2 EMUs For SKM Warszawa
Impuls 2 EMUs For SKM Warszawa

On 8 April 2020, Alan Beroud, president of the board of Szybka Kolej Miejska, and Zbigniew Konieczek, Newag president of the board, have signed a contract for the supply of 21 second-generation Impuls EMUs.

How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (3)
How Kazakh Evolutions Evolve (3)

Certification of the Class TE33A Evolution diesels in Russia was a prerequisite for the sale of this type to most countries with 1,520 mm gauge networks.

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