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The global logistics system still pressured and continues to be affected by disruptions.

On 28 April 2022, the acceptance committee reviewed the results of development work on the Type GST-3505-1800 traction generator designed for the new Class 2TE35A diesel locomotive.

In January 2022, Renfe invited the general public to submit ideas for a revamped 'Alta Velocidad Española' logo, to replace the one which has been in use since April 1992 when the Madrid to Sevilla high speed line was inaugurated.

On 1 December 2021, WINDHOFF has agreed a framework contract with DB Bahnbau Gruppe for the procurement of up to 10 track work vehicles.

Just over two years since Stadler and Nexus signed the contract for 46 new trains for Tyne and Wear Metro, the manufacturing process is well under way and the process to build bogies will soon begin in earnest.

Stadtwerke München (SWM) is continuing its modernisation of the MVG metro fleet.

2050.LAB presented its new design concept of the Tramformer tram.

ČD took over and put into service another of the Vectrons, which they are gradually hiring from the Slovak company Rolling Stock Lease this year.

In February 2019 a contract from the Polish Army for eight new special passenger cars was awarded to FPS.

In 2021, ČD ordered in two contracts a total of 66 two-car DMUs from PESA, intended primarily for regional transport in various Czech regions.

In 1992, Alstom pioneered the introduction of high-speed rail in Spain. Since then, the company has added a long list of innovations that continue to revolutionise railway mobility. Linking Madrid and Sevilla on the first high-speed train in Spain was only the beginning of a long history of innovation.

On 21 April 2022, Alstom has signed a framework contract with Department of Transport Victoria, Australia, for the provision of 100 Flexity low-floor Next Generation Trams (NGTs) for the largest urban tram network in the world.

On 19 April 2022, Alstom announced that ONxpress Transportation Partners, a consortium comprising Alstom, Aecon Group Inc., Deutsche Bahn International Operations GmbH and FCC Construcción S. A., has signed the project agreement for the On-Corridor Works Project of the GO Expansion program following a procurement process led by Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario.

On 12 April 2022, the first car of the first Type 16Ev EMU for Pasažieru vilciens was moved from the Škoda Vagonka works in Ostrava to Plzeň.