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São Paulo airport EMU unveiled

16 Jun 2019

BRAZIL: CRRC Qingdao Sifang has unveiled the first of eight eight-car Class 2500 electric multiple-units that it is supplying for São Paulo suburban operator CPTM’s Line 13 to Guarulhos Airport under ... more

GB Railfreight to reopen March sidings

15 Jun 2019

UK: GB Railfreight has secured a lease for the disused March Up Yard rail sidings in Cambridgeshire in eastern England. The operator plans to use the site for the stabling and ... more

United Wagon Co’s TikhvinChemMash is to supply 100 Type 15-6880 methanol tank wagons to chemical company Shchekinoazot by the end of July.

Methanol wagon order

14 Jun 2019

RUSSIA: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinChemMash is to supply 100 Type 15-6880 methanol tank wagons to chemical company Shchekinoazot by the end of ... more

The trainsets feature short wheelbase power cars and nine trailer vehicles.

Next-generation Acela trainsets take shape

14 Jun 2019

USA: Alstom invited guests to its Hornell factory in New York state on June 12 to showcase the progress it is making in producing the next generation ... more

Railway supply industry news round-up

14 Jun 2019

Head of the Russian Republic of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov officially reopened RM Rail’s Ruzkhimmash factory in Saransk on June 10. It had been ... more

The Department for Transport and Govia have agreed a short-term extension to the current South Eastern franchise.

Southeastern franchise extension confirmed

13 Jun 2019

UK: The Department for Transport and the Govia joint venture of Go-Ahead (65%) and Keolis (35%) have agreed a short-term extension to the current ... more