Traction & rolling stock news
Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.
BLS Cargo orders XLoad Vectron locomotives
SWITZERLAND: BLS Cargo has ordered 10 Siemens Mobility Vectron electric locomotives for use on north-south routes from Belgian and Dutch ports to Italy.
Private operator’s Vectron locomotive arrives in Finland
FINLAND: What future operator Fenniarail says is the first electric locomotive to be acquired by a private operator in Finland arrived at the port of Hanko from Germany on September 17.
Tunnel dust collection train designed to clear the air
SOUTH KOREA: Korea Railroad Research Institute has developed a train which can remove fine dust from metro tunnels to improve the air quality for passengers.
Next-generation Baltimore metro car unveiled
USA: Maryland Transit Administration has unveiled the first of 78 metro cars being supplied by Hitachi Rail to replace the existing fleet on the Baltimore Metro Subway Link.
Kazakh hydrogen loco co-operation
KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ and Wabtec have signed a framework agreement for the production of hydrogen locomotives and the creation of an engineering centre at the LKZ loco factory in Astana.
Chelyabinsk orders more trams
RUSSIA: Sole bidder UKVZ has won a contract to supply 11 fully low-floor single-section trams to Chelyabinsk at a maximum price of 814m roubles.
First ComfortJet on test
Colas Rail trials HVO fuel for a loco, crane and tampers
Amergin Rail buys wagon fleet
Ferrotramviaria unveils Pop EMUs
Newag and PKP Intercity unveil 200 km/h Griffin locomotive
Korail’s first ITX-Maum trainsets enter service
New-build tram for Sarajevo unveiled
Second-generation autonomous battery wagon on test
Pesa wins InterRegio EMU contract
Enhanced ‘comfort and convenience’ as Berlin S-Bahn fleet delivery completed
Toshiba locomotives for Taiwan on test
Irish diesel loco to be converted to hydrogen fuel
Bozankaya delivers its first driverless metro trainset
Xochimilco light rail vehicle unveiled
Nevomo hails magnetic levitation test success
Derailment detectors fitted to biomass wagons
Torino trams begin entering service
Osijek orders Končar KEV trams