All Coach articles
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NewsConnecticut commuter train coach mock-up on show
USA: Connecticut Department of Transportation has unveiled a mock-up of coaches to be supplied by Alstom for CTrail commuter rail services.
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NewsDSB’s Talgo trains enter service on København – Hamburg route
DENMARK: The first of the Talgo 230 trainsets ordered for DSB’s long-distance and international routes enters passenger service between København and Hamburg.
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NewsTourist train developed with the needs of older passengers in mind
CHINA: The YINLV tourist train has been developed by CRRC Changchun and China Railway Harbin Group to offer ‘middle-aged and elderly’ passengers a ‘comfortable, high-quality’ journey.
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NewsJoint efforts bring rolling stock to Guinea
GUINEA: Mining company Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée has taken delivery of passenger coaches and freight wagons manufactured by CRRC.
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NewsUkrzaliznytsia orders 100 coaches including pilot next-generation vehicles
UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia has awarded Kryukovsky Railway Car Building Works a contract to supply 100 coaches, including five new-generation vehicles with extended service life and improved features.
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NewsPesa delivers modernised coaches to PKP Intercity
POLAND: Pesa Mińsk Mazowiecki has delivered the first eight of 24 Type 152A coaches which it is modernising for PKP Intercity under a 150m złoty contract.
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NewsFirst Amtrak Airo push-pull trainset leaves the factory
USA: The first of Amtrak’s Airo push-pull trainsets has left Siemens Mobility’s Sacramento factory for testing at Pueblo in Colorado.
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NewsOrders adjusted to include more day and fewer night trains
AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways and Siemens Mobility have amended contracts for the supply of new passenger stock, increasing the number of day trains on order and reducing the number of night trains.
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NewsUkrainian Railways to order next-generation coaches
UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia is planning to order a new generation of coaches offering greater comfort, longer intervals between overhauls and a longer service life.
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Rail Business UKRoyal Train to be decommissioned
UK: The Royal Household has announced that the Royal Train is to be decommissioned.
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NewsGold miner buys coaches for staff trains
UZBEKISTAN: Navoi Mining & Metallurgical Co has bought 15 Type 61-933 coaches to transport employees between Zarafshon and the Muruntau gold mine.
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NewsPresident unveils Stadler coach for Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN: The first of the coaches that Stadler is building to modernise national railway KTZ’s fleet was shown to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev when he visited the company’s factory in Astana.
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NewsNox aims to reinvent night trains to offer privacy, efficiency and affordability
EUROPE: Ambitions to launch a European network of overnight trains with private rooms at the price of a flight have been announced by Berlin-based start-up Nox.
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NewsAlstom ‘reshores’ rolling stock production to New York state
USA: Alstom has expanded its rolling stock factory at Hornell in New York state with the opening of the $75m Plant 4.
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NewsFlix orders Talgo 230 trains to support European expansion ambitions
GERMANY: Rail and coach group Flix has ordered up to 65 Talgo 230 push-pull trainsets.
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NewsTAZARA allocated funding as concession agreement awaited
TANZANIA: Minister of Transport Makame Mbarawa has announced a total allocation of TSh27·3bn from the 2025-26 national budget for Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority.
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NewsLand allocated for Indian rolling stock factory
INDIA: BEML is to build a Rs18bn rolling stock factory in Madhya Pradesh which will significantly expand its production capacity to meet growing demand from Indian Railways as well as metro networks at home and abroad.
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NewsUkrainian Railways takes delivery of couchette coaches
UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia has taken delivery of six platskartny open-plan couchette cars, which Deputy Minister for Development of Communities & Territories Oleksii Balesta said were the first of this type to be purchased since independence.
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NewsFull length ComfortJet trains enter service
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator České Dráhy has put into service the first full rakes of ComfortJet coaches, adding the missing driving trailer and restaurant cars to sets which had until now been operating in short formation. In April 2021 ČD awarded a ...
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NewsÖBB launches Railjet refurbishment programme
AUSTRIA: The first generation of Austrian Federal Railways’ Railjet push-pull trainsets are undergoing mid-life refurbishment after more than 15 years of service. ‘The upgrade of our Railjets is an important step in modernising the existing fleet and adapting it to the standards of the new-generation Railjets’, ...