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On 23 March 2022, the city of Cottbus/Chóśebuz became the third hub for refugees from Ukraine in Germany, adding to the two existing centres in Berlin and Hannover.

On 22 March 2022, DPB (Dopravný podnik Bratislava) and Škoda Transportation have signed contract for the delivery of up to 30 Type Škoda 29T ForCity Plus trams.

On 21 March 2022, the first Class 423 EMU has arrived on schedule from Stuttgart in Hennigsdorf, where the train was handed over by DB to Alstom to be fitted with the ETCS OBU.

CZ LOKO recently completed locomotive 744.150, whose customer is the construction company Subterra, a subsidiary of Metrostav. 

On 19 March 2022, in Omura on Kyushu island, a new Shinkansen depot was inaugurated.

In early March 2022, Škoda Transportation presented its concept of a RegioPanter BEMU.

According to UN data, some 3 million refugees have now fled Ukraine in the three weeks since the Russian invasion.

On 16 March 2022, Alstom announced that in the second half of January it has signed three new supply contracts for 13 TRAXX DC3 locomotives for Italy.

At the SBB works in Yverdon-les-Bains, SBB Cargo’s Re 420 251 and SBB’s Re 460 019 were unveiled on 9 March 2022 in their new anniversary livery.

While the whole (democratic) world is horrified by the brutal and reckless Russian invasion of Ukraine, launched on 24 February 2022, the Russian citizens are expressing support for their president in various places.

On 14 March 2022, the CAF Group has concluded a contract with the state-owned railway operator SAR that covers the maintenance of its fleet.

At the beginning of March 2022, European Loc Pool announced that before end of 2021 it had concluded a contract with DB Cargo for the full-service leasing of six EURODUAL locomotives.

On 25 February 2022, the first Avenio was unloaded from the low-loader in Nürnberg.

The PK52 push button series impresses in the door area of buses and trains with its very good lateral recognition of the LED status display and its haptic button feedback.