Traction & rolling stock news
Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.Zephir shunters to replace Class 08 locos at steel works
UK: Leasing company Porterbrook has bought three Zephir LOK 16.300 depot shunters which will be leased to GB Railfreight for use at the Celsa Steel works in Cardiff.
Stadler to supply inter-city EMUs to GySEV
HUNGARY: Hungarian-Austrian cross-border operator GySEV has signed a contract for Stadler to supply nine inter-city electric multiple-units with an option for four more.
SBB tests automated shunting without possessions
SWITZERLAND: SBB and Alstom have carried out a series of trials using a remotely controlled shunting locomotive on tracks that remained open for normal operations.
Izmit plans first metro line as tram network grows
TURKEY: Plans to build a 26·8 km metro line in Kocaeli were announced by Turkey’s Minister of Transport & Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu on March 20, ahead of local elections scheduled for March 31.
Berner Oberland-Bahnen increases EMU order
SWITZERLAND: Berner Oberland-Bahnen has awarded Stadler a SFr38.6m contract to supply a further four ABeh4/8 three-car electric multiple-units.
Access to EU funding unlocks major investment in Polish rolling stock
POLAND: The national government’s Centre for EU Transport Projects agency has allocated co-financing from the European Union’s Recovery & Resilience Fund to support investment in regional passenger trains worth 2·2bn złoty.
Iberian T4000 pocket wagons arrive
Turkish E5000 electric locomotive order signed
Luxembourg: Luxtram eyes an expanding network
St Louis orders light rail vehicles with onboard energy storage
Netherlands: TINA on course to reshape HTM tram fleet
Mallorca EMU delivered
Le Mans trams to be lengthened to boost capacity
Moskva-2024 metro train enters service
Decarbonisation: Schleswig-Holstein pioneers a battery traction network
PKP Intercity awards major contract for 200 km/h coaches
Domestic content boost for Ukrainian rolling stock
Bochum light rail vehicle modernised as B80-Neo
E500 electric locomotives delivered to Taiwan
Stockholm metro trains ordered
Battery tender for freight loco to be developed
More Paris metro trains ordered
ABB to set up traction centre after Queensland EMU contract win
Spanish gauge-changing technology to integrate Ukrainian railways with the EU