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Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.
IRAN: Siemens has signed a contract to support the modernisation of the rail network and supply local industrial group MAPNA with components for the assembly of 50 Safir diesel-electric locomotives at its factory in Karaj. The ... more
FRANCE: Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois has taken delivery of the first of 12 Alstom Citadis trams ordered in 2014. The €41m order forms part of a framework contract for up to 50 trams. The first of these are due to ... more
FRANCE: A short-term order for TGV trainsets and shunting locomotives and a longer-term diversification programme are at the heart of a rescue plan to preserve rail vehicle manufacturing and related industrial activity in ... more
MOLDOVA: The European Investment Bank signed its first loan for the Moldovan railway sector on September 26, providing €50m towards a programme which includes infrastructure rehabilitation and the acquisition of 11 mixed traffic ... more
CHINA: CRRC Nanjing Puzhen’s Sky Train suspension monorail began running on a 300 m test track in Chengdu on September 30. Developed in conjunction with Chengdu’s Southwest Jiaotong University, the suspension monorail has been ... more
FINLAND: Tampere city council has selected Škoda Transportation subsidiary Transtech to supply trams for the city’s future network. CAF, Pesa and Stadler Rail Valencia had also bid. Contract signing will take place with final ... more
ISRAEL: Best and final offers for a contract to supply 330 double-deck electric multiple-unit cars to Israel Railways were submitted by six bidders by the September 28 deadline. The bidders are Alstom, Bombardier Transportation, ... more
USA: Southern California Regional Rail Authority has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to continue to maintain the Metrolink commuter locomotive and coach fleet for a further eight years from January 1 2017. ... more
UKRAINE: National railway UZ is to publish a five-year fleet modernisation strategy by the end of October, which it plans to implement following consultation with domestic and international suppliers. The strategy is expected to ... more
RUSSIA: Samara Transport Operator announced on September 27 that it had selected UKVZ to supply 10 trams under a 999·8m rouble contract. The 100% low-floor unidirectional KTM-33 trams are to be purchased through a five-year ... more