Traction & rolling stock news
Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.Serbia begins 200 km/h testing on upgraded line
SERBIA: DB Systemtechnik’s Siemens Vectron locomotive 193 969 is being used for 200 km/h test running on the Novi Sad – Vrbas southern section of the 108 km corridor between Novi Sad, Subotica and the Hungarian border at Kelebia, which is being rebuilt to modern standards.
Stadler awards long-term brake systems support contract
EUROPE: Knorr-Bremse RailServices has signed a contract to provide Stadler with comprehensive rolling stock braking system maintenance, repair and spare part supply services
Class 66 ETCS testing underway
UK: Dynamic testing has begun with a DB Cargo UK Class 66 diesel locomotive which has been retrofitted with ETCS as the First in Class for the roll-out of the digital signalling technology across the most common type of freight loco in the UK.
Union Pacific ready to test hybrid locomotive
USA: Union Pacific is to begin testing the first of six diesel-battery-hybrid shunting locomotives during May.
Japanese DMUs find second homes in Thailand and Cambodia
ASIA: Japan’s JR Hokkaido and JR East have sold cars of ex-Series KiHa 183 diesel multiple-units to Thailand and Cambodia.
Chinese trainsets arrive in Europe
EUROPE: Subsidiaries of Chinese rolling stock group CRRC delivered passenger trainsets to two operators in southeast Europe during April.
CrossCountry DMU maintenance contract signed
ÖBB orders electric multiple-units for eastern Austria
Amtrak seeks fleet decarbonisation options
Torino driverless metro train production underway
Bogie maintenance contract
Rack railway tests collision warning system
Private rooms to be revived on Tokaido Shinkansen
Pomorskie orders more Impuls2 EMUs with EU funding
Santo Domingo orders more metro trains
Chuo Shinkansen completion delayed until 2034
Next-generation Railjets enter service to link three countries
IR launches low-cost expresses
Stadler’s Spanish suburban EMUs on test
Interview: Eurofima adapts to a changing market
Bologna issues tram tender to support emerging network
RZD orders high speed trains for revived Moscow – St Petersburg project
Talgo Avril high speed trainsets to enter service in May
Modertrans delivers first tram to Berlin – Woltersdorf line