CHINA: CRRC Times Electric has delivered two electric maintenance vehicles to Guiyang. These will operate on the city’s future metro Line 1, where they will provide emergency traction to rescue failed trains, as well as track maintenance services.
The Qinling DXDC vehicles have a maximum speed of 80 km/h and can draw power from the catenary or on-board batteries.
CHINA: The second metro line in Guiyang was opened for revenue service on April 28. The 40·6 km Line 2 runs from North Baiyun Road to the north of the city to Longdongbao International Airport to Zhongxing Road in the southeast, interchanging with the west-south Line ...
RUSSIA: St Petersburg Metro has taken delivery of two twin-section battery locomotives produced by Transmashholding’s Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant. The locomotives are intended to haul service trains when the traction power is turned off. The onboard batteries and asynchronous traction drive will allow for operation throughout a ...
CHINA: A diagnostic train developed by Russian company Tvema with Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CSR Qishuyan Locomotive Co has entered service on the Beijing metro. Work on the Railway LAB Ultrasonic Test TVEMA 70 started two years ago. The commissioning process in Beijing included training not only for Beijing ...
