Vehicles
Modertrans to supply 30 trams to Łódź
POLAND: Modertrans is to supply 30 low-floor trams to operate on the metre-gauge network in Łódź.
Paks opts for Solaris buses
HUNGARY: Solaris Bus & Coach is to supply 10 battery electric buses to Paks, the Polish manufacturer announced on November 19.
BYD to supply 379 electric buses to Bogotá
COLOMBIA: Bogotá transport authority TransMilenio has ordered 379 electric buses from BYD, the Chinese supplier announced on November 15.
Wiesbaden takes delivery of eCitaro buses
GERMANY: The first three of 56 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses that Daimler Buses is supplying to Wiesbaden transport operator ESWE Verkehr were handed over on November 18.
Solaris to supply 50 electric buses to Kraków
POLAND: Solaris Bus & Coach has been selected as preferred bidder to supply 50 electric buses to MPK Kraków. Solaris’ 134·5m złoty bid beat one from Daimler subsidiary EvoBus Polska, which submitted a bid worth 151·9m złoty.
Masats supplies doors for Schönbuchbahn light rail vehicles
GERMANY: Masats is supplying sliding plug doors for the nine three-car lightweight electric trainsets which fellow Spanish company CAF is building as part of the project to modernise the 17 km Schönbuchbahn near Stuttgart as a light rail route.
Siemens to supply Avenio trams to Nürnberg
GERMANY: VAG Nürnberg has ordered 12 Siemens Avenio trams with options for 75 more. The €44m contract announced on November 15 would be 40% funded by the Land of Bayern.
New-generation metro train in passenger service on Seoul Line 2
SOUTH KOREA: The first of 22 trainsets that Seoul Metro ordered from Hyundai Rotem in 2017 has entered passenger service on Line 2.
Alstom rolls out next-generation Lille metro train
FRANCE: Alstom presented the first new-generation trainset that it is supplying to increase capacity on the Lille metro at the Villeneuve d’Ascq maintenance depot on November 14.
First Flexity Zürich tram delivered
SWITZERLAND: The first of 70 Flexity trams that Bombardier Transportation is supplying to Zürich arrived in the city in the early hours of November 13.
St Petersburg tests hydrogen tram
RUSSIA: Dynamic testing of a hydrogen fuel cell tram started on the St Petersburg network on November 1.
Warszawa reveals Hyundai Rotem tram design
POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie has announced the result of a public vote on the styling of the fleet of trams that Hyundai Rotem is supplying to Warszawa.