Diesel multiple-unit news
News about diesel multiple-unit trains worldwide.
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Rail Business UKHydrotreated vegetable oil fuel DMU trial
UK: ScotRail is working with leasing company Angel Trains and fuel supplier Crown Oil to test the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil instead of diesel to power a Class 156 diesel multiple-unit. The operator envisages that HVO could offer a transitional step towards reducing greenhouse gas ...
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Rail Business UKClass 175 DMUs to enter service with GWR this year
UK: The fleet of 10 two-car and 16 three-car Alstom Class 175 diesel multiple-units owned by Angel Trains and previously used by Transport for Wales until 2023 is to begin entering service with Great Western Railway in Devon and Cornwall later this year, with all expected ...
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Rail Business UKCrossCountry Class 170 DMUs evolve
UK: Arriva TrainCare’s Crewe depot has completed work on the first of 29 Class 170 diesel multiple-units operated by CrossCountry which are to be refurbished by 2028. The multi-million pound programme has been funded by leasing company Porterbrook. The scope includes fitting the DMUs originally built ...
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Rail Business UKCycle train enters service on the Heart of Wales line
UK: Transport for Wales has returned to service the first of six Class 153 single-car diesel multiple-units which are being refurbished to carry bicycles. The others will enter service by the summer, operating on the Heart of Wales line between Swansea and Shrewsbury. The refurbishment was ...
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Rail Business UKFive manufacturers invited to bid for Northern Trains fleet renewal contracts
UK: Northern Trains has invited five manufacturers to negotiate for framework contracts to supply up to 450 new electric and electro-diesel bi-mode multiple-units. The manufacturers named on January 17 are Alstom, CAF, Hitachi, Siemens Mobility and Stadler. Northern is seeking both 25 kV 50 Hz electric-only ...
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Rail Business UKScotRail begins HST replacement process
UK: ScotRail has formally begun the procurement of trainsets to replace the current fleet of 25 HST sets used on Inter7City services. On behalf of Transport Scotland, the operator is seeking proposals for the supply of a single class of existing rolling stock to operate a ...
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NewsCambodia’s Royal Railway expands fleet
CAMBODIA: Railway concessionaire Royal Railway has taken delivery of additional locomotives and wagons, and has put into service a fleet of diesel multiple-units acquired from Japan. Two YDM-4 metre-gauge diesel locos which arrived from India in November ‘will greatly improve our ability to ...
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NewsSecondhand Dutch DMUs enter service in Poland
POLAND: A diesel multiple-unit formerly used by Dutch national operator NS that PKP Intercity is leasing from SKPL entered revenue service on the Kraków – Jelenia Góra line on November 18. The launch forms part of a wider roll-out of the secondhand trains on routes around ...
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NewsStadler trains ordered to expand TEX Rail fleet
USA: Trinity Metro has ordered four more Stadler Flirt diesel multiple-units to increase capacity on the TEX Rail line from central Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. They are to be delivered from Stadler’s Salt Lake City factory in 2027, as an option on the ...
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Rail Business UKRemote condition monitoring boosts Northern DMU reliability
UK: A programme to fit engine remote condition monitoring to Northern’s Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple-unit fleet has been completed. Leasing company Porterbrook says its data showed that moving just one task to condition-based maintenance can save up to 1 500 labour-hours per year. The monitoring ...
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Rail Business UKNeurodiverse thinkers cut train operator’s fuel bills
UK: Northern has worked with data scientists to calculate the most fuel efficient way of driving its diesel multiple-units while keeping to time. The tool combines the specific topography of Northern’s routes with real consumption data for different train types. Testing between Middlesbrough and Whitby identified ...
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Rail Business UKFirst refurbished Class 168 DMU unveiled by Chiltern Railways
UK: Chiltern Railways has unveiled the first of its 28 Class 168 diesel multiple-units to be refurbished under a £12m programme. However, the programme is facing delays because of the greater than anticipated differences in the first post-privatisation trainsets. Speaking to stakeholders at the presentation ...
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NewsAlstom demonstrates retrofitted remote-controlled train
GERMANY: Another step towards automation of main line rail operations was taken on September 23 when Alstom demonstrated a remotely-controlled diesel multiple-unit near Salzgitter. Developed under the Autonomous Regional Train Evolution project, the train ‘was able to travel a few kilometres in autonomous mode, meaning without ...
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NewsProduction of Chilean DMUs underway in Brazil
CHILE: Representatives of EFE Trenes de Chile have visited the Caxias do Sul factory of Marcopolo Rail in Brazil to see the production of diesel multiple-units the operator has ordered. EFE signed a contract with Marcopolo Rail in January 2023 for the ...
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Rail Business UKGemini completes £10m GWR Turbo fleet refresh
UK: Gemini Rail Services in Wolverton has completed a £10m three-year internal refresh of Great Western Railway’s fleet of Class 165/166 Turbo regional and suburban diesel multiple-units. The 57 two and three-car DMUs leased from Angel Trains have had a comprehensive interior makeover, including new floors ...
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Rail Business UKTransPennine Express aims to get more out of its fleet
UK: TransPennine Express is seeking to achieve higher levels of performance from its fleet, its Fleet, Safety & Service Delivery Director Paul Staples explained when Rail Business UK recently visited Arwick depot. The operator says it is also ‘anticipating great things’ from the trial conversion of a Hitachi trainset to battery hybrid power.
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Rail Business UKTinted window film to reduce train air-conditioning needs
UK: TransPennine Express is trialling two tinted window films which it hopes will reduce solar heating and thus lower the energy used by train air-conditioning systems. The operator expects the film supplied by Aura Brand Solutions to block more than 30% of solar energy and 99·9% ...
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NewsFunding deal secures future of Nice – Digne line
FRANCE: A fleet of eight diesel-battery bi-mode trains, renovated stations, better reliability and easier ticketing have been promised under a modernisation programme agreed for the 1 000 mm gauge Nice – Digne line operated by Chemins de Fer de Provence.
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Rail Business UKCrossCountry Voyager refurbishment contract awarded
UK: Leasing company Beacon Rail has formally awarded Alstom a £60m contract to refurbish CrossCountry’s fleet of Voyager and Super Voyager 200 km/h inter-city diesel-electric multiple-units. The work will include an interior refresh with replacement seats, tables and carpets, improved lighting, a passenger counting system and ...
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NewsIsrael Railways DMUs purchased by Romanian company
tn_il-isr-ic3.jpg ROMANIA: Ferotrans has purchased 33 redundant IC3 diesel multiple-units from Israel Railways The price was reported to be between €15m and €16m. ISR acquired 50 of the three-car DMUs manufactured by ABB Scandia, Bombardier and RAMTA in three batches between 1992 and 2005. They have ...