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First Indian Prima Complete
  • 13th Mar 2018 12:36
First Indian Prima Complete
On 10 March 2018 Alstom announced the completion of its first two-section Class WAG12 electric locomotive, 60001, at its new works in Madhepura (in...
FlixTrain Takes To The Rails
  • 7th Mar 2018 19:24
FlixTrain Takes To The Rails
On 6 March 2018 FlixBus announced that it would start operating its own trains under the FlixTrain brandname, starting on 23 March. The service...
ÖBB Presents First Vectron
  • 7th Mar 2018 08:47
ÖBB Presents First Vectron
On 5 March 2018 at Wien-Praterstern ÖBB organised the presentation of the first of the 30 Vectron MS locomotives it ordered in January 2017. It is...
ČD Cargo 2025
RegioJet’s First TRAXXes
  • 4th Mar 2018 22:43
RegioJet’s First TRAXXes
Bombardier’s Kassel works is now completing the first two TRAXX electric locomotives for RegioJet. The latter now anticipates their arrival in the...
Class 230 D-Trains For Bedford To Bletchley Line
  • 1st Mar 2018 21:33
Class 230 D-Trains For Bedford To Bletchley Line
On 1 March 2018 Vivarail announced that it had entered into an agreement with West Midland Trains to build three Class 230 DMUs for use on the...
ZSSK Takes Delivery Of More Vectrons
  • 28th Feb 2018 15:38
ZSSK Takes Delivery Of More Vectrons
On 25 February 2018, 383.104, 105, 106 and 107 reached Slovakia. These are the next four Vectrons out of the batch of ten to be hired by ZSSK from...
New Sofia Metro Train On Test
  • 27th Feb 2018 12:24
New Sofia Metro Train On Test
One of the 20 new Inspiro EMUs ordered by Metropolitan EAD and destined for the Sofia metro is currently being subjected to testing at Wegberg...
Green Cargo’s Transmontana Takes Shape
  • 13th Feb 2018 22:07
Green Cargo’s Transmontana Takes Shape
Softronic’s Craiova works recently completed the assembly of the bodyshell of Green Cargo’s first Transmontana, 480 032. These photos, taken on 12...
Arriva Trains Northern’s First Civity UK EMU Presented
  • 3rd Feb 2018 09:29
Arriva Trains Northern’s First Civity UK EMU Presented
In January 2016 Arriva Trains Northern awarded CAF a 492 million GBP contract for 31 three-car and 12 four-car Class 331 EMUs and 25 two-car and 30...
More On Hydrogen Fuelled Trains

On account of the considerable response to our article in Railvolution 2/17, on the hydrogen fuelled iLint multiple unit and the use of hydrogen fuel cells as a source of power for rail vehicles, we have decided to publish further articles on this topic.

Fuel Cell Coradia iLint On Test

On 14 March 2017, having completed its initial static tests, Alstom’s second fuel cell Coradia iLint multiple unit, 654 102, made its first test runs on the test track within Salzgitter works, progressively being worked up to a speed of 80 km/h.

New Route For LKW Walter’s Semitrailers
  • 11th Jan 2018 22:10
New Route For LKW Walter’s Semitrailers
On 8 January 2018 LKW Walter started up a new rail service for moving its semitrailers. This is its second service linking the Czech Republic and...
AWT Hires Two TRAXXes
  • 4th Jan 2018 22:29
First TRAXX DC3 and MS3 Born
  • 22nd Dec 2017 12:24
First TRAXX DC3 and MS3 Born
The family of new generation TRAXXes is expanding. There are now new MS and DC versions too. The first TRAXX DC3 was built at Bombardier’s Vado...
New Vectrons For ČD Cargo And For Others
  • 22nd Dec 2017 09:08
New Vectrons For ČD Cargo And For Others
On 21 December 2017 the last two Vectron MS locomotives so far ordered by ČD Cargo, 383.007 and 008, crossed Germany en route to the VUZ Velim test...
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