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14 More Frecciarossa 1000s For Trenitalia
14 More Frecciarossa 1000s For Trenitalia

On 4 June 2019 it was announced that Hitachi Rail and Bombardier Transportation, in a partnership expected to involve company participation of...

UWC Takes First Place In Russia In Wagon Production
UWC Takes First Place In Russia In Wagon Production

According to a Ranking of the TOP Rolling Stock Manufacturers in Russia in 2018 compiled by INFOLine-Analytics, UWC (OVK) took first place by...

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26 More FLIRTs For SŽ
26 More FLIRTs For SŽ

Under the contract of 18 April 2018 for the delivery of a mixed fleet of FLIRT and KISS trains the Slovenian state rail operator Slovenske...

The First Next-Generation Train For Line B Of The Lyon Metro
The First Next-Generation Train For Line B Of The Lyon Metro

Alstom has delivered the first next-generation train destined for automatic circulation on line B of the Lyon metro network. It arrived at the...

Stadler's Service Contract For Over 100 FLIRTs In Norway
Stadler's Service Contract For Over 100 FLIRTs In Norway

Stadler has won the contract to maintain more than 100 FLIRTs in Norway from the railway operator Vy, formerly NSB - this is the largest single...

Russia: Advantages Of Using Wagons With Greater Payload Capacity
Russia: Advantages Of Using Wagons With Greater Payload Capacity

In Europe most (but not all) railways were built to permit a 22.5 t axle-load, the national exceptions being Britain, Latvia and Estonia, where...

Budamar Group’s Vectrons In Service
Budamar Group’s Vectrons In Service

During mid-May, all three of the Vectron MS locomotives, 383.211 to 213, which have been delivered so far out of the five on order for use by...

TPE’s Class 397s On Test In Spain
TPE’s Class 397s On Test In Spain

For testing of its trains built for UK, CAF is using also a stretch of line between Zaragoza, Tardienta and Huesca. Recently the Class 397 EMUs...

ICNG On Test At Velim
ICNG On Test At Velim

On 8 May Alstom has started a testing program of the NS’s first ICNG EMU on the VUZ test circle at Velim. The photo shows the Coradia Stream...

Rail Cargo Carrier Acquires Two EffiLiners
Rail Cargo Carrier Acquires Two EffiLiners

The Czech and Slovakian subsidiaries of Rail Cargo Carrier (RCC CZ and RCC SK respectively) have each decided to acquire one EffiLiner 1600 from...

VR Ordered More Restaurant Cars
VR Ordered More Restaurant Cars

Škoda Transportation announced today that its Škoda Transtech works will supply seven new double-deck restaurant cars to the Finnish Railways....

FERROVIENORD Version Of Rock EMU Exhibited
FERROVIENORD Version Of Rock EMU Exhibited

Starting on 18 April 2019 a full-size mock-up of part of a suburban version of a Hitachi Rock double deck EMU has been on display in the...

A Third Artic For Schöneiche
A Third Artic For Schöneiche

Škoda Transtech will deliver a third ForCity Smart Artic X34 tram to Schöneiche, Germany. The total value of the contract is approximately 3...

Capricorn Unveiled
Capricorn Unveiled

Rhätische Bahn and Stadler today celebrated in Altenrhein the roll-out of the new Capricorn EMU for Switzerland’s largest canton. These 120 km/h...

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