Electric multiple-unit news
News about electric multiple-unit trains worldwide.
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NewsBattery train agreement signed as a ‘fast and realistic’ path to zero-emissions
SLOVAKIA: National train operator ZSSK has awarded a consortium of Škoda Group and ŽOS Trnava a €332m framework contract for the supply of up to 36 two-car battery-electric multiple-units.
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NewsStadler appeals against SBB’s selection of Siemens for SFr2bn train contract
SWITZERLAND: Stadler has lodged an appeal with the Federal Administrative Court challenging Swiss Federal Railway’s selection of Siemens Mobility for a SFr2bn contract to supply up to 200 double-deck electric multiple-units.
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NewsŠkoda completes EMU for Bulgaria just 14 months after contract signing
BULGARIA: Škoda Group has completed the first of 25 RegioPanter electric multiple-units just 14 months after the order was signed by Bulgaria’s Ministry of Transport & Communications.
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NewsCAF awarded São Paulo suburban train maintenance contract
BRAZIL: Future operating concessionaire Trivia Trens has awarded CAF a contract for the maintenance of 107 electric multiple-units operating on São Paulo suburban lines 11-Coral, 12-Saphire and 13-Jade.
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Rail Business UKInterview: ‘We are waking Merseyrail up’
As its 25-year agreement to run electric suburban services around Liverpool nears its end, Merseyrail has become a model for how local control of rail operations can bring tangible benefits to the community, as its Managing Director Neil Grabham explains to Nick Kingsley.
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NewsNS orders 36 Flirt Flex electric multiple-units
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 36 Flirt Flex electric multiple-units to provide capacity to accommodate growing ridership.
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NewsBarcelona airport train on test
SPAIN: Alstom is undertaking static and dynamic testing of the first of 10 electric multiple-units ordered by Catalunya regional train operator FGC for use on a future shuttle service from Barcelona city centre to El Prat Airport.
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NewsNovel Škoda train design ordered for standalone Stockholm commuter railway
SWEDEN: Local authority Region Stockholm has awarded Škoda Group a contract to supply rolling stock to a new design for the Saltsjöbanan suburban railway.
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NewsAlstom signs Polish double-deck inter-city train order
POLAND: PKP Intercity has formally signed the contracts for Alstom to supply 42 Coradia Max partly double-deck 200 km/h EMUs and provide 30 years of maintenance.
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NewsStadler unhappy as Swiss Federal Railways selects Siemens Mobility to supply up to 200 trainsets
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has selected Siemens Mobility for a landmark contract to supply up to 200 double-deck electric multiple-units.
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NewsBattery problems delay Dublin DART rolling stock introduction
IRELAND: Iarnród Éireann has confirmed that battery problems on the bi-mode multiple-units being manufactured by Alstom as part of the DART+ investment programme will delay the introduction of the suburban trains around Dublin.
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Rail Business UKScotRail launches suburban battery and electric train fleet procurement
UK: ScotRail has formally started the process of procuring a fleet of electric and battery-electric suburban multiple-units to enter service in the early 2030s.
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Rail Business UKSouth Western Railway awards £66m EMU support and spares contract
UK: South Western Railway has awarded Alstom a 4½-year Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement for its Class 701 Arterio electric multiple-units.
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NewsWestbahn to put Chinese-built double-deck trainsets into service soon
AUSTRIA: Following a long approval process, four double-deck electric multiple units supplied by China’s CRRC are to enter passenger service with Westbahn in the coming weeks.
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NewsGovernment sets out hydrogen trainset testing programme
SOUTH KOREA: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transport has confirmed the start of testing of a hydrogen multiple-unit prototype from December 2027 as part of a 32·1bn won national research and development project.
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NewsPortugal’s CP signs its largest rolling stock order
PORTUGAL: National train operator CP and a consortium led by Alstom have signed a €746m contract for supply of 117 electric multiple-units.
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NewsTrains to ’connect the sea, the city and the future’ enter service on Tokyo’s waterfront
JAPAN: The first of eight Series 71-000 electric multiple-units designed to ‘connect the sea, the city and the future’ has entered passenger service on Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit’s Rinkai Line.
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NewsConstruction starts on Casablanca Sud interchange as King launches suburban rail programme
MOROCCO: King Mohammed VI has launched construction of Casablanca Sud interchange station, initiating a 20bn dirham programme to create a comprehensive suburban rail network serving the city by 2030.
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NewsLithuania’s first Flirt electric train delivered to LTG Link
LITHUANIA: The first of the Flirt electric multiple-units ordered by national passenger operator LTG Link was delivered to Vilnius on the night of October 12-13, arriving from Stadler’s Polish factory by road because of its wide profile and 1 520 mm gauge.
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NewsTrenitalia and Alstom unveil 200 km/h regional train
ITALY: Alstom and Trenitalia have unveiled a variant of the Coradia Stream regional electric multiple-unit family with a higher maximum speed of 200 km/h to enable operation on the Firenze – Roma Direttissima high speed line.