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  • ZSSK Panter electric multiple-unit
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    ZSSK orders more Panter EMUs

    2024-12-14T07:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: State passenger operator ZSSK announced on November 27 that it would place a €58·4m firm order for a consortium of Škoda Group and ŽOS Trnava to supply a further six four-car Class 660 Panter electric multiple-units suitable for operation using 3 kV DC and 25 ...

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    Refurbished Grand Est double-deck EMU unveiled

    2024-12-12T11:00:00Z

    FRANCE: National operator SNCF Voyageurs has unveiled the first of the Grand Est région’s TER 2N NG double-deck electric multiple-units to undergo mid-life refurbishment as part of the national OPTER programme. SNCF Voyageurs is to refurbish 125 Bombardier Transportation AGC and 41 Alstom TER 2N NG ...

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    Hyundai Rotem among bidders to supply 150 trainsets to ONCF

    2024-12-12T07:00:00Z

    MOROCCO: National railway ONCF is seeking bids for the supply of up to 150 trains, with Hyundai Rotem among the suppliers involved in the procurement.

  • RBS Stadler RE5 EMU impression (Image Stadler) (3)
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    RBS orders tailor-made Stadler trains

    2024-11-28T11:18:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Bern suburban operator Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn has awarded Stadler a SFr190m contract to supply 20 custom electric multiple-units to replace its oldest vehicles and increase capacity on Solothurn – Bern RegioExpress route RE5. It is the third order RBS has placed with Stadler. The new EMUs ...

  • The first of the Class 77 electric multiple-units ordered by state rolling stock owner Norske Tog has been unveiled at Alstom’s Salzgitter factory in Germany.
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    Norwegian Class 77 EMUs unveiled

    2024-11-25T16:19:00Z

    NORWAY: The first of the Class 77 electric multiple-units ordered by state rolling stock owner Norske Tog has been unveiled at Alstom’s Salzgitter factory in Germany. The six-car 200 km/h trainsets from the Coradia Nordic family will be used to increase capacity on the busiest lines ...

  • SBB Stadler Flirt Evo launch (Photo Toma Bacic) (12)
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    Flirt Evo trains ordered to standardise Swiss regional fleet unveiled

    2024-11-19T06:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways and its local subsidiaries Thurbo and RegionAlps have formally unveiled the first of the Stadler Flirt Evo electric multiple-units being supplied under a large framework order. The procurement is intended to standardise the regional train fleet to provide more efficient maintenance and ...

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    Avanti West Coast increases Liverpool – London services with launch of electric Evero trains

    2024-11-12T13:21:00Z

    UK: Avanti West Coast officially launched the Class 807 electric only-version of its Hitachi-built Evero trainsets into service on November 11. This enables the operator to offer an additional weekday return service between Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston. The Class 807’s formal launch follows a ...

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    Double-deck Cityjet EMU to increase capacity in eastern Austria

    2024-11-11T10:30:00Z

    AUSTRIA: Austrian Federal Railways unveiled the first Stadler Kiss double-deck electric multiple-unit for Cityjet-branded local and regional services in a ceremony at St Pölten on November 6 The 160 km/h EMU which had previously been on show at InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin has 591 seats and ...

  • Barcelona FGC airport train impression (Image Alstom) (3)
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    Barcelona airport train design revealed

    2024-11-09T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Alstom has unveiled the design of the Coradia Stream electric multiple-units it is to supply for use on services from central Barcelona to El Prat Airport from 2026. In September 2022 Catalunya operator FGC awarded Alstom a €107m contract to supply 10 five-car 120 km ...

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    LTG Link unveils appearance of Flirt multiple-units

    2024-11-05T16:14:00Z

    LITHUANIA: National passenger operator LTG Link has unveiled the future appearance of the Flirt multiple-units to be supplied by Stadler, saying they are intended to be bright, bold and recognisable. The contract awarded in June 2023 covers nine electric multiple-units for inter-city services, plus six battery-electric ...

  • NJ Transit Multilevel III EMU car (Photo Jake Hirsch, Governor’s Office)
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    NJ Transit unveils first Multilevel III double-deck EMU car

    2024-11-01T13:00:00Z

    USA: The first of NJ Transit’s Multilevel III double-deck electric multiple-unit cars was unveiled by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy at the operator’s Meadows Maintenance Complex in Kearny on October 30.

  • SBB refurbished ICN (Photo SBB) (1)
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    SBB unveils first modernised ICN trainset

    2024-10-25T14:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: The first of the 44 ICN tilting inter-city trainsets to be refurbished was unveiled by Swiss Federal Railways on October 24. Following testing, the seven-car RABDe 500 trainset is expected to re-enter service this year. The fleet was built by Adtranz and Fiat-SIG, later Bombardier ...

  • Circumvesuviana Stadler EMU (3)
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    Circumvesuviana fleet modernisation gets underway

    2024-10-19T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: Stadler has begun delivering the first of the 950 mm gauge electric multiple-units ordered by regional operator EAV for suburban services on the 169 km Circumvesuviana railway network south and east of Napoli. In May 2021 Stadler and EAV signed a ...

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    Single-deck EMUs to replace double-deck coaches

    2024-09-30T11:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 17 three-car Flirt EMUs for use on the 13·2 km S-Bahn route S4 between Zürich HB and Sihlwald. These will replace eight sets of life-expired loco-hauled single and double-deck stock on the Sihltalbahn. The ...

  • FART Stadler EMU (Photo Railway Gazette) (9)
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    FART train on show at InnoTrans

    2024-09-26T16:09:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Stadler has unveiled a custom-designed electric multiple-unit for the narrow gauge Centovalli railway which runs for 52 km between Locarno in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy. Stadler is known for its tailor-made trains, and the 1 000 mm gauge EMU can cope with ...

  • Koncar KEV battery train (Photo Railway Gazette) (8)
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    Končar KEV unveils battery multiple-units

    2024-09-26T11:48:00Z

    CROATIA: Končar KEV unveiled its newly-developed battery and battery-electric multiple-units in its home city of Zagreb before the battery unit was sent to Berlin for display at InnoTrans. In December 2022 Croatian national passenger operator HŽPP signed a contract for Končar to supply two ...

  • Muenchen S-Bahn EMU InnoTrans announcement (Photo Railway Gazette)
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    Bayern branding highlights Land’s backing for S-Bahn fleet

    2024-09-25T14:05:00Z

    INNOTRANS: The future appearance of the 90 extra-long electric multiple-units which Siemens Mobility is to supply for München S-Bahn services was unveiled by Bayern Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter at InnoTrans on September 25. The livery, developed by design studio Neomind, is based on the Land of Bayern’s ...

  • Stadler delivers first Aosta line EMU
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    Valle d’Aosta electric train unveiled

    2024-09-19T11:00:00Z

    ITALY: The first of six Flirt electric multiple-units ordered as part of the electrification of the Aosta line has been unveiled at Stadler’s factory at Siedlce in Poland.

  • Koleje Małopolskie orders Newag EMUs (photo KM) (1)
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    Koleje Małopolskie signs EMU framework agreement

    2024-09-11T07:00:00Z

    POLAND: Koleje Małopolskie and Newag have signed a 1·3bn złoty framework contract for the purchase of six 3 kV DC electric multiple-units with an option for 19 more, Małopolskie voivodship announced on September 9. The 345m złoty firm order for six trainsets is being financed from ...

  • SSIF EMU (Image Stadler)
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    Metre-gauge EMU order increased

    2024-09-08T05:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Italian operator SSIF has placed a firm order for an additional four-car Stadler electric multiple-unit for use on the 1 000 mm gauge Domodossola – Locarno line which it operates in partnership with its Swiss counterpart FART. This takes SSIF’s total order to four units. ...