Traction & rolling stock news
Latest news about train technology, including diesel and electric locomotives, multiple units, coaches and wagons.
Flirt Evo trains ordered to standardise Swiss regional fleet unveiled
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 operation.
Autonomous battery LRV tested in Indonesia
INDONESIA: Test running of a domestically developed, battery-powered, autonomous light rail vehicle began in Solo on November 6.
Modern wagons arrive for Angolan railway capacity upgrade
ANGOLA: Lobito Atlantic Railway has taken delivery of the first of 275 container wagons ordered from Galison Manufacturing in South Africa.
Rebuilt diesel-battery hybrid loco in service
NETHERLANDS: Tata Steel’s Velsen-Noord plant has put into service the first of 10 General Electric 90 tonne Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives dating from 1963-71 which are being rebuilt into diesel-battery hybrids.
Palermo orders more trams
ITALY: Comune di Palermo has awarded CAF a firm order to supply a further 14 trams.
Amsterdam metro train order increased
SPAIN: Amsterdam transport operator GVB has awarded CAF a firm order to supply an additional 13 three-car M7 metro trainsets.
First trainset delivered for Taipei’s Wanda Line
French regional authority creates rolling stock company
Avanti West Coast increases Liverpool – London services with launch of electric Evero trains
Remote condition monitoring boosts Northern DMU reliability
Madrid metro Line 1 train order approved
Double-deck Cityjet EMU to increase capacity in eastern Austria
Barcelona airport train design revealed
Alstom to build new type of loco in Astana
Pavlodar to order battery trams
LTG Link unveils appearance of Flirt multiple-units
Interview: ČD sees fleet renewal opportunity despite ‘tedious’ approval task
Firmer plans for Finnish rolling stock company
NJ Transit unveils first Multilevel III double-deck EMU car
Madrid trams to get mid-life overhaul
Lisboa metro orders more trains
‘Sleep in Motion’ night train concept launched
Neurodiverse thinkers cut train operator’s fuel bills
SBB unveils first modernised ICN trainset