All EMU articles – Page 5
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NewsSinara obtains certification for domestic EMUs
RUSSIA: Sinara Transport Machines has obtained Customs Union certification enabling series production of its ES104 electric multiple-unit developed with domestic content to replace the Lastochka (Desiro RUS) design, and has delivered the first four units. The ES104 was designed and manufactured in one year after Siemens ...
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Metro Report InternationalManila express EMUs ordered
PHILIPPINES: Mitsubishi Corp has awarded CAF a subcontract to supply seven eight-car electric multiple-units for limited-stop express services on future North-South Commuter Railway in Manila and its hinterland. The €150m order announced by the Spanish company on December 1 is being financed by the Japan International ...
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NewsAlstom selected to renew Portuguese regional fleets
PORTUGAL: CP has named Alstom and local partner Domingos da Silva Teixeira as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 117 electric multiple-units.
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NewsMultiple-unit with an 18-month delivery time unveiled
GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has unveiled its first Mireo Smart multiple-unit. This has been developed to offer an affordable price and a short delivery time, with a train able to be in service with a regional or commuter rail operator within 18 months of an order being ...
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NewsRER NG enters service in Paris
FRANCE: Transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités and operator Transilien SNCF Voyageurs have put the first Alstom RER NG electric multiple-units into passenger service.
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Rail Business UKLiverpool Mayor seeks compensation for poor Class 777 performance
UK: Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram is seeking compensation from train manufacturer Stadler following poor performance of Merseyrail’s fleet of Class 777 electric multiple-units.
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NewsCentre-Val-de-Loire fleet modernisation supports increase in train services
FRANCE: The Centre-Val-de-Loire région has funded a €145m firm order for a further seven Alstom Omneo Premium double-deck electric multiple-units.
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Rail Business UKClass 730 EMUs enter service with London Northwestern Railway
UK: West Midlands Trains has put its first Alstom Class 730 Aventra electric multiple-units into service on London Northwestern Railway-branded services on the West Coast Main Line. The first passenger service was the 06.04 from Bletchley to London Euston on November 13. Class 730s will initially ...
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NewsPoland’s CPK sets out plans to buy more than 100 trainsets
POLAND: The government has approved high speed rail and airport project promoter Centralny Port Komunikacyjny’s rolling stock strategy, which envisages the purchase of more than 100 electric multiple-units. CPK’s expenditure on rolling stock in 2024-30 is estimated at 8·7bn złoty at H1 2023 prices, and 16-20bn ...
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NewsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn orders more Orion EMUs
SWITZERLAND: Metre-gauge operator Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn has awarded Stadler a firm contract to supply a further 25 ABeh 8/12 Orion rack electric multiple-units. ‘This order represents a milestone in Stadler’s history and is the largest single order for rack trains that we have ever received’, said ...
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NewsNarrow gauge commuter trains enter service in Stockholm
SWEDEN: Custom-designed Stadler X15p electric multiple-units have begun entering passenger service on Stockholm’s Roslagsbanan, the first new trains on the 891 mm gauge suburban line for around 30 years.
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NewsPesa selected to supply 62 EMUs to Romania
ROMANIA: Railway reform board ARF announced on October 30 that it had selected Pesa Bydgoszcz to supply 62 electric multiple-units for use on regional services. A contract worth between 3·2bn and 4·2bn lei is to be signed following the standstill period when losing bidder Alstom can ...
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NewsFlirt Akku battery-electric multiple-units enter service
GERMANY: The first of the Stadler Flirt Akku battery-electric multiple-units ordered by Schleswig-Holstein transport authority NAH.SH have entered revenue service with operator Erixx Holstein. ‘We are taking a huge step towards zero-emission local transport with the 55 battery trains that will run on 11 lines in ...
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NewsElron EMU production underway
ESTONIA: Representatives from Elron visited the Škoda Group factory at Ostrava in the Czech Republic to see the assembly of the first of 16 electric multiple-units ordered by the passenger operator. ‘Bringing new trains on to the line from 2025 will gradually solve the shortage of ...
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NewsUzbekistan plans South Korean train order
UZBEKISTAN: National Railway UTY is to buy six inter-city electric multiple-units from Hyundai Rotem in 2023-26. The planned order was announced via presidential decree on October 10 after a Uzbek delegation visited South Korea. It is to be financed through a €185m 35-year loan from South ...
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NewsFranken-Thüringen-Express EMUs ready for service
GERMANY: The first of 26 Desiro HC partly double-deck electric multiple-units ordered for use on Franken-Thüringen-Express services has been unveiled by Bayern railway agency BEG, train operator DB Regio Bayern and manufacturer Siemens Mobility. The Länder of Bayern and Thüringen have awarded the DB subsidiary a ...
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NewsThree Kiss EMUs ordered for use on Wien airport express
CAT order photo CAT and Stadler AUSTRIA: City Airport Train announced on October 13 the order of three Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units from Stadler for use on the CAT service in Wien. The order is an option on ÖBB’s €3bn framework agreement with Stadler for the ...
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NewsUzbekistan Railways orders Škoda electric trains
UZBEKISTAN: National railway UTY has awarded Škoda Group a €320m contract to supply 30 electric multiple-units. The four-car EMUs will be similar to 1 520 mm gauge units which Škoda is supplying to Latvia and Estonia. Features will include ergonomic seating, air-conditioning, wi-fi and external and ...
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NewsEMUs ordered to support ENNO capacity increase
GERMANY: The Greater Braunschweig regional transport association has ordered five more Alstom Coradia Continental electric multiple-units to increase capacity on Elektro-Netz Niedersachsen-Ost services.
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NewsGerman train order increased to enable cross-border service
GERMANY: Schleswig-Holstein transport authority NAH.SH has increased the size of an order for electric multiple-units, after Denmark approved financial support which will enable services to be extended across the border to Tinglev.