Traction & rolling stock news
Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.
Battery tram delivered ahead of West Midlands Metro expansion
UK: West Midlands Metro has taken delivery of the first of eight battery-equipped third generation CAF Urbos trams ahead of the opening of extensions to Edgbaston Village at the Birmingham end of its light rail line and to Wolverhampton station at the other end.
Ukraine signs framework agreement for 130 electric locomotives
UKRAINE: Alstom is on course to supply up to 130 electric freight locomotives to national railway Ukrzaliznytsia under one of four framework agreements signed by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and France’s Minister of the Economy, Finance & Recovery Bruno Le Maire in Kyiv on May 13.
Toronto streetcar funding confirmed
CANADA: The government of Ontario has agreed to provide C$180m to support the purchase of 60 additional streetcars for Toronto Transit Commission. The funding will be matched by the federal government, with the City of Toronto providing an additional C$208m.
Class 80x recovery plan takes shape
UK: Industry insiders report that progress is being made towards the reinstatement of some of the Class 80x Hitachi units currently out of service following the discovery of cracks ‘behind the lifting (jack) pocket bolster’.
Stadler lodges objection to DSB multiple-unit contract
DENMARK: Stadler has lodged an objection to DSB’s selection of Alstom for a contract to supply around 150 electric multiple-units as part of its Future Train rolling stock renewal strategy.
Sotetsu orders Hitachi EMUs to work Tokyo through services
JAPAN: As part of its ¥15∙7bn capital investment plan for the 2021 financial year, Yokohama-based Sagami Railway is to order four eight-car Series 21000 EMUs from Hitachi.
Nizhniy Novgorod orders retro-style trams
Mass cancellations as Hitachi trains grounded by cracks
Industrial espionage concerns raised over third-party train maintenance contract
NI Railways targets zero emissions by 2040
Wabtec awarded Delhi – Meerut RRTS train subsystems contract
Chelyabinsk orders 30 trams
Regulations agreed for Luxembourg Protocol rolling stock registry
Kyrgyzstan Railways ‘keeping pace with the times’ at modern wagon servicing centre
Progress Rail locomotive on test in Russia
‘Revolutionary’ wagons join GB Railfreight fleet
Taiwan Railway Administration Class 900 EMUs enter service
Fatigue cracks sideline GWR Class 800s
Atlanta metro car braking systems ordered
Long Island Rail Road to test battery train
Keikyu banks on rotating seats
Twist trams delivered to Tramwaje Śląskie
Harrier HydroShunter fuel cell locomotive to be converted from Class 08
Chicago’s first Series 7000 metro cars enter passenger service