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DB Regio has formally awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply seven Miro electric multiple-units for use on services from Karlsruhe to Bruchsal, Heidelberg and Mannheim

DB Regio places Mireo order

2019-11-20T08:00:00+00:00

GERMANY: DB Regio has formally awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply seven Miro electric multiple-units for use on services from Karlsruhe to Bruchsal, Heidelberg and Mannheim which it is to operate as part of the Netz 7b operating contract.

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First order for Vectron Dual Mode brings 'the best of two worlds'

2019-11-18T16:09:00+00:00

GERMANY: Railsystems RP has become the first customer for Siemens Mobility’s Vectron Dual Mode electro-diesel locomotive, with an order announced on November 18 for two to be delivered at the end of 2020.

South Western Railway Class 701 Aventra EMU

South Western Railway Class 701 Aventra suburban EMU unveiled

2019-11-18T13:33:00+00:00

‘The new Class 701 trains will transform journeys for our customers with benefits including onboard wi-fi, at-seat charging points, real-time information screens, air-conditioning, wide gangways and wide doors to improve the ease of boarding and alighting’, said SWR Engineering Director Neil Drury.

UWC tank wagon for molten sulphur

Gazpromtrans orders molten sulphur wagons

2019-11-17T05:00:00+00:00

RUSSIA: Gazprom subsidiary Gazpromtrans has awarded United Wagon a contract to supply a further 120 tank wagons for the transport of molten sulphur.

CAF trainset for the Schönbuchbahn

Masats supplies doors for Schönbuchbahn light rail vehicles

2019-11-16T05:00:00+00:00

GERMANY: Masats is supplying sliding plug doors for the nine three-car lightweight electric trainsets which fellow Spanish company CAF is building as part of the project to modernise the 17 km Schönbuchbahn near Stuttgart as a light rail route.

Alstom Coradia Continental regional electric multiple-unit.

DB Regio orders EMUs for Karlsruhe services

2019-11-15T07:00:00+00:00

GERMANY: DB Regio has awarded Alstom a €120m contract to supply 19 Coradia Continental regional electric multiple-units. They are to be used on services from Karlsruhe to Heilbronn, Achern, Freudenstadt and Herrenberg which DB Regio is to operate from December 2022 under the 13-year Netz 7b contract awarded by the ...

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