Traction & rolling stock news
Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.
Arriva awards Guardia ETCS retrofitting contract
NETHERLANDS: Arriva Nederland has awarded Stadler a contract to retrofit 36 Flirt multiple-units used on regional services in Limburg with Guardia ETCS onboard equipment.
Modern locomotives on the way to Moldova
MOLDOVA: The first six of 12 TE33AC diesel locomotives which national railway CFM ordered from GE Transportation, now Wabtec, in 2018 are currently being delivered from the LKZ factory at Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan.
Electro-diesel tram-train order expanded to support service increase
HUNGARY: National passenger operator MÁV-Start has exercised an option for Stadler’s Valencia plant to supply a further four Citylink electro-diesel tram-trains for the route being developed to link Hódmezővásárhely with Szeged.
Huangpu tramway opens in eastern Guangzhou
CHINA: An initial 7·9 km section of the Huangpu tramway in the eastern part of the city of Guangzhou was opened on July 1.
München orders U-Bahn trains
GERMANY: München municipal utility company SWM has placed a firm order for Siemens Mobility to supply a further 22 six-car Type C2 metro trains, which are scheduled to enter service on lines U2 and U6 from 2022. Operation on other lines is also planned.
Series N700S enters service on Tokaido Shinkansen
JAPAN: Central Japan Railway officially launched its first Series N700S high speed trains into revenue service on the Tokaido Shinkansen with a ceremony at Tokyo station on July 1.
RENFE picks CAF to renew narrow gauge fleet
Akiem Astride tested in Croatia
CZ Loko to supply shunters to PKP Intercity
First batch of TMH coaches arrives in Egypt
Dynamic trials start with 600 km/h maglev prototype
Napoli metro train order signed
Cairo metro Line 3 trains delivered
Amsterdam exercises tram option
Normandie orders long distance EMUs
Lineas awards diesel locomotive overhaul contract
Seoul GTX train order increased
Indian Railways converts coaches into coronavirus isolation wards
Turkey’s National Train to enter service this year
Modular multi-function wagons on test
East Coast Trains Class 803 production begins
Transitio orders double-deck EMUs
Electrically heated molten sulphur wagons delivered
Rhätische Bahn orders 20 Capricorn EMUs