VTG delivers first new-build wagons with iWagon technology
UK: The first wagons to be built from new with leasing company VTG Rail UK’s iWagon monitoring technology have entered service with Breedon Group.
SNCF Voyageurs orders 15 more high speed trainsets
FRANCE: National passenger train operator SNCF Voyageurs has approved a €600m firm order for Alstom to supply a further 15 Avelia Horizon high speed trainsets.
Modertrans to supply more trams to Łódź
POLAND: Modertrans Poznań has signed a contract with MPK Łódź for the supply of 15 Moderus Gamma LF 11 AC trams.
Hungary to purchase Chinese trains ahead of Budapest – Beograd reopening
HUNGARY: Minister of Construction & Transport János Lázár has announced plans for the purchase of ’100 Chinese trains’ as he confirmed the Hungarian section of the modernised Budapest – Beograd railway is to open by March 15.
DB Cargo UK sells surplus locomotives to Romania’s GFR
ROMANIA: DB Cargo UK has announced a multi-million-pound deal to sell 25 surplus EMD Class 66 diesel locomotives previously used in the UK to Romanian private freight operator Grup Feroviar Român.
Toronto confirms C$2·3bn single-source order for Canadian-built metro trains
CANADA: Toronto Transit Commission has placed a C$2·3bn directly-awarded contract for a fleet of 70 metro trains be supplied by Alstom, as the only company able to build the trains in Canada.
Baden-Württemberg places €500m EMU order
Consortium selected to supply driverless suburban trains for København
Comment: A shot across the bows
Marmon Rail repair activities brought together under Transco Rail Services brand
‘Great day’ for northern Ontario as first Northlander train is delivered
Wagon leasing partnerships restructured
Clarke Chapman acquires Clayton locomotive manufacturing assets
ERA report proposes enhanced wheel inspection regime to resolve post-Gotthard accident impasse
French night train rolling stock order delayed
Team Poland acquires German tram manufacturer
Baltimore metro trains and CBTC enter service as ‘far more than a fleet replacement’
Nexrail orders DE18 SmartHybrid locomotives with updated specification
New York MTA orders more battery-diesel locomotives
Alstom wins Mexican rolling stock contracts as two passenger rail projects make headway
370 km/h high speed trainset development programme completed
Sydney Metro West rolling stock, systems and station contracts awarded
EMUs ordered to boost Vechtdal Lines capacity and support electrification project
Alstom to overhaul Southeastern’s Networker EMU bogies