Traction & rolling stock news
Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.
FirstGroup orders more Hitachi trains to underpin open access growth ambitions
UK: FirstGroup is to expand its open access fleet with an order for 14 Class 80X trainsets from Hitachi Rail.
Cambodia’s Royal Railway expands fleet
CAMBODIA: Railway concessionaire Royal Railway has taken delivery of additional locomotives and wagons, and has put into service a fleet of diesel multiple-units acquired from Japan.
Hamburg U-Bahn orders engineering wagons
GERMANY: Hamburg U-Bahn operator Hamburger Hochbahn has awarded GBM Gleisbaumechanik Brandenburg a contract to supply up to 15 custom-designed wagons for engineering trains.
Breedon orders cement wagons with iWagon technology
UK: Construction materials supplier Breedon Group has ordered 54 JPA powder cement tank wagons which will be built by German company Feldbinder and equipped with leasing company VTG’s iWagon technology to provide tracking and data-driven insights into safety and performance.
Chennai metro places ‘landmark’ driverless train order
INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has awarded BEML a contract to supply and maintain 70 three-car trainsets for GoA4 unattended automatic operation.
RBS orders tailor-made Stadler trains
SWITZERLAND: Bern suburban operator Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn has awarded Stadler a SFr190m contract to supply 20 custom electric multiple-units to replace its oldest vehicles and increase capacity on Solothurn – Bern RegioExpress route RE5.
CRRC rolls out main line locomotive for Kazakhstan
Secondhand Dutch DMUs enter service in Poland
Railpool enters French electric freight loco market
Stadler trains ordered to expand TEX Rail fleet
AI tool for wagon wheelset condition monitoring
Norwegian Class 77 EMUs unveiled
Flirt Evo trains ordered to standardise Swiss regional fleet unveiled
Autonomous battery LRV tested in Indonesia
Modern wagons arrive for Angolan railway capacity upgrade
Rebuilt diesel-battery hybrid loco in service
Palermo orders more trams
Amsterdam metro train order increased
First trainset delivered for Taipei’s Wanda Line
French regional authority creates rolling stock company
Avanti West Coast increases Liverpool – London services with launch of electric Evero trains
Remote condition monitoring boosts Northern DMU reliability
Madrid metro Line 1 train order approved
Double-deck Cityjet EMU to increase capacity in eastern Austria