Transmashholding news – Page 6
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NewsEgyptian National Railways orders 1 300 coaches
EGYPT: A five-year contract worth more than €1bn covering the supply of 1 300 coaches was signed by Egyptian National Railways and the Transmashholding-Hungary Kft consortium on September 25. The agreement covers five types of coach: Third class with forced ventilation (500); Third class, with air-conditioning (500); Second class, with ...
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NewsRussian companies to co-operate in South American freight market
SOUTH AMERICA: Russian suppliers Transmashholding and United Wagon Co have signed an agreement to co-operate to win orders in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay, as well as the South American rail freight market in general. They envisage this could include the supply of integrated packages combining TMH locomotives and UWC ...
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NewsTransmashholding invests in Argentina
ARGENTINA: Transmashholding of Russia is to spend US$3m to refurbish and reopen the Mechita rolling stock workshops in the province of Buenos Aires, under the terms of an agreement signed on December 20 by Franco Comparato, representing its local subsidiary TMH Argentina, and Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura President ...
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NewsMetro cars arrive in Baku
AZERBAIJAN: Alstom has delivered three trainsets for the Baku metro. Baku Metropoliten signed the order on May 12 2014. The trains, branded Oka, are based on Metrowagonmash’s Class 81-760B design and are composed of four motor cars and one trailer. They are expected to enter passenger service ...
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NewsSerbian Railways and RZD sign route upgrade and DMU deals
SERBIA: Contracts for additional diesel multiple-units and the upgrading of three sections of Trans-European Corridor X were signed by Serbian Railways and the RZD International subsidiary of Russian Railways on October 16, during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Serbia’s President Tomislav Nikolić. A US$100m ...
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NewsMoscow Metro orders 832 cars
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has selected Transmashholding subsidiaries Metrowagonmash and Transholdleasing to supply 832 metro cars in 2014-17. The contract is worth 143·9bn roubles, with maintenance for 30 years. The city of Moscow will provide finance in instalments over 15 years. The only other bid came from a ...
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NewsMoscow metro maintenance contract
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has awarded Metrowagonmash a 30-year contract to maintain 248 Type 81-760/761 metro cars which were supplied in 2012. The Transmashholding subsidiary will take over the metro’s Novogireyevo depot under the contract, which requires 232 cars to be available for service. In a separate development, ...
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NewsKyiv metro orders 40 cars
UKRAINE: Kyiv metro has signed a contract with Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash for eight five-car trainsets, it was announced on July 12. The contract value was not disclosed. The 81-717.5М and 81-714.5М cars will be delivered by the end of the year. The interior will feature fire-resistant materials ...
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NewsHandover marks start of EP20 series production
RUSSIA: The first series-produced EP20 passenger locomotive was handed over to Russian Railways by manufacturer Transmashholding at a ceremony near Rostov on November 30. The first Russian electric locomotive design capable of hauling inter-city trains at up to 200 km/h, the EP20 is a single-section Bo-Bo-Bo passenger ...
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NewsTransmashholding sales up 38%
RUSSIA: Transmashholding has announced total sales of 106·3bn roubles for 2011, up 38% on the figure for 2010. The company said this growth was driven by fleet renewal programmes being undertaken by its customers, in particular Russian Railways. Products launched in 2011 included the EP20 electric locomotive for RZD and ...
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NewsTver assembles first metro car body
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Tver Carriage Works completed its first metro car bodyshell in October. After assembly the Type 81-760 intermediate car shell was transported by road to TMH’s Metrowagonmash plant for fitting out before delivery to Moscow Metro. Metro cars are a new area of activity for the ...
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NewsSeptember delivery for Serbian DMU
SERBIA: National railway ZS expects to take delivery of the first of 12 two-car diesel multiple-units during September, with entry into traffic by the end of the year. Transmashholding will deliver the remaining 11 units from its Metrowagonmash plant near Moscow during 2012. Inspecting the first unit ...
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NewsMoscow Metro signs 2011 car orders
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro General Manager Dmitri Gaev and Transmash Holding CEO Andrei Andreev signed contracts on September 7 covering the delivery of new rolling stock and refurbishment of existing vehicles during 2011. The signing ceremony was held at UITP’s Eurasia conference and ExpoCityTrans exhibition in Moscow, where ...
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A procurement strategy to transform Russia's motive power
A programme has been launched to develop modern motive power to replace Russia’s ageing traction fleet. Boris Lukov reports on a strategic agreement between Russian Railways and Transmash Holding Group that will see hundreds of new locomotives of up to 14 types delivered over the next five years