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GB Railfreight container train

GB Railfreight to lease Ecofret2 triple-platform container wagons

2020-01-14T10:01:00+00:00

UK: GB Railfreight is to lease 32 Ecofret2 triple-platform container wagons from VTG Rail UK, which said it had made ‘significant investments’ in the latest version of the Ecofret design.

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Convertible trams enter service as Msheireb Downtown Doha tramway opens

2020-01-14T06:00:00+00:00

QATAR: A 2·12 km circular tramway in the Msheireb Downtown Doha district of the capital opened at the end of December.

Chemin de Fer Nyon-Saint-Cergue-Morez

Narrow gauge operator orders EMUs

2020-01-10T15:53:00+00:00

SWITZERLAND: Chemin de Fer Nyon-Saint-Cergue-Morez has awarded Stadler a contract to supply six two-car electric multiple-units. Deliveries are scheduled between late 2021 and early 2022.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded Stadler a $199m contract to supply eight Flirt diesel multiple-units for the $1·1bn Cotton Belt Regional Rail Project in the northern suburbs of Dallas.

DART awards Stadler’s first US maintenance contract

2020-01-09T13:59:00+00:00

USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded Stadler a $112m contract to maintain the fleet of diesel multiple-units which it is to supply for the Silver Line project, along with the associated depot.

Greater Anglia Class 745 Stadler inter-city trainset at London Liverpool Street

Greater Anglia’s first Stadler inter-city trainset enters service

2020-01-09T07:30:00+00:00

UK: The first of the Class 745/0 Flirt inter-city trainsets which Stadler is supplying for Greater Anglia’s Norwich – London Liverpool Street main line route entered service on January 8. All 10 are expected to be in traffic by mid-April.

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Monterrey expands metro fleet

2020-01-09T07:00:00+00:00

MEXICO: The state of Nuevo León has awarded CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co a contract to supply 26 articulated light metro trainsets to Monterrey.

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