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On 20 July 2023 the SIMETRO consortium (consisting of Siemens Mobility Bulgaria, Siemens Mobility Austria and NEWAG) has signed a contract with Metropoliten EAD to supply eight additional three-car Inspiro trains for the Sofia Metro Line 3.

Dragon 2 Type E6MST locomotives, i.e. the Polish Class ET43, have been appearing occasionally on freight trains in Poland since the beginning of April.

On 28 February 2023, ERA granted approval for Type E6MST Dragon 2, i. e. Polish Class ET43 locomotive.

On 25 January 2023 the operator signed a series of framework agreements (but not yet contracts) with major Polish train manufacturers for up to 200 EMUs.

As part of the approval of the Class ET43 of PKP CARGO for operation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, test runs with the ET43-001 were carried out this April on the Správa železnic network.

As part of the approval of the PKP CARGO’s Class ET43 for operation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, test runs with ET43-001 were carried out this April on the Czech public network after previous tests on the VUZ Velim test centre (from late 2020). After that, Dragon returned to Velim again and then headed to Slovakia in early June.

Following a test program at the VUZ Velim centre (see here and here), the required tests on the public railway network were started with the locomotive ET43-001 (3 260 003).

Newag is currently building a batch of 24 dual-voltage Class ET43 locomotives for PKP Cargo.

On 21 January 2021, the main station in Szczecin saw the official handover of the first two Impuls 2 EDMUs built by Newag for Województwo Zachodniopomorskie.

On 27 November 2020, Newag delivered to PKP Intercity the last two Griffins, EU160-029 and 030.

On 30 November 2020, ET43-001, which is destined for PKP Cargo, arrived int the VUZ Velim test centre.

On 23 October 2020 Siemens Mobility and Newag signed a five-year framework agreement for the supply of up to 200 traction drives (a traction motor with an axle-gearbox) for vehicles of Nowy Sącz-based manufacturer.

On 13 October 2020, a contract was signed between Newag and Koleje Dolnośląskie for the purchase of four Impuls EDMUs for Lower Silesia.

On 5 October 2020, at Newag in Nowy Sącz, E6ACTab-037, the first Dragon 2 from five on order was handed over to Rail Capital Partners (RCP).

On 28 September 2020, the new-built Impuls 2 DMU has left the Newag towards Żmigród for authorisation tests on the IK test centre.