Traction & rolling stock news
Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.
Leo Express takes delivery of CRRC EMU
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of three Sirius electric-multiple-units being built for Leo Express has arrived in the Czech Republic, having been shipped from China via the port of Bremen.
DB Netz orders electrification maintenance vehicles
GERMANY: Infrastructure manager DB Netz has signed a seven-year framework agreement with Harsco Rail covering the supply of up 56 catenary maintenance vehicles worth €250m.
RegioJet expands capacity on Bratislava commuter route
SLOVAKIA: On September 16 RegioJet introduced double-deck coaches to increase morning and evening peak capacity on the Bratislava – Dunajská Streda – Komárno route, where ridership in the first half the year reached 2·3 million, a 50% increase on the same period last year.
Egyptian locomotive renewal programme underway
EGYPT: Egyptian National Railways has invited expressions of interest in the supply of up to 100 diesel-electric locomotives for use on long-distance passenger services, with tendering expected to get underway by the end of the year.
Rail Cargo Hungaria orders CRRC locomotives
HUNGARY: ÖBB-owned freight operator Rail Cargo Hungaria has awarded CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive a contract to supply four prototype ‘high power’ electric–battery main line and shunting locomotives.
PhosAgro orders technically sophisticated sulphur wagons
RUSSIA: Fertiliser producer PhosAgro Group has ordered a further 56 molten sulphur tank wagons from United Wagon Co.
Metrolinx orders double-deck coaches
Tsunami Gate wagon to make a splash at Railway Interchange
Brakes and HVAC ordered for next-generation TGV
Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn leases additional DMUs
First Léman Express EMU enters service
Automated freight loco poised to start trials
RTRI tests fuel cell multiple unit
Victoria expands VLocity fleet
RegioJet to standardise on Traxx locomotives
Wagons for heavy containers delivered
Manuli Hydraulics launches rolling stock hoses
Smartron locomotive offered for Bulgaria and Romania
Condition-based maintenance in the desert
Automated train operation demonstrated
DB Cargo wagons are getting smarter
DMU operating contract awarded pending battery train deployment
Turkish operator orders Stadler electro-diesel locos
Vossloh to sell Locomotives business to CRRC