Latest Rolling Stock News
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UWC to Supply 101 Ammonia and Methanol Tank Cars to Shchekinoazot
United Wagon Company is to supply Shchekinoazot with 101 ammonia and methanol tank cars that the customer will receive in full by the end of…
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MP14 Rolling Stock for Line 14 of the Paris Metro Begins Dynamic Testing
The new MP14 rolling stock for Line 14 of the Paris Metro has begun dynamic testing on Line 1, following successful static testing.
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CAF Wins Maintenance Contracts in Spain and Saudi Arabia
CAF wins maintenance contracts in Spain and Saudi Arabia. Renfe and Bilbao Metro as well as SRO and SAR have selected CAF to maintain their …
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Transmashholding to Supply Yekaterinburg with New Metro Cars
Transmashholding has signed a sales contract with the Yekaterinburg Metro for the supply of eight metro vehicles type 81-717.6/714.6.
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UWC to Supply 700 Grain Hopper Cars to Trade House RIF
Grain exporter Trade House RIF has signed a contract with United Wagon company for the purchase of 700 UWC hopper cars, to be delivered by 0…
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Italian National Safety Authority Authorises Bombardier TRAXX DC3 Italy Locomotive
Authorities authorise Bombardier's TRAXX DC3 Italy locomotive for operation on the country's rail network – a major milestone for Bombardier…
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12 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 6
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider for 4–8 February 2019.
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Skoda Delivers Last of 250 ForCity Alfa Praha Trams to Prague
Skoda Transportation has delivered the last of 250 ForCity Alfa Praha trams to the city of Prague in what was the company's biggest contract…
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Talgo Wins Contract with Deutsche Bahn for 23 Long-Distance Trains
Talgo wins contract with Deutsche Bahn: the two companies have signed a framework agreement as well as a contract for 23 long-distance train…
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Bombardier M7 Double-Decker Train Wins Design Award
The Bombardier M7 double-decker train has landed the transportation company and Yellow Window industrial design agency the Gold Public award…
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Transmashholding Wins Baku Metro Contract for Six Five-Car Trains
Metrowagonmash, which is part of Transmashholding, and Baku Metro have signed a contract for thirty metro cars. They will be of the type 81-…
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Transmashholding to Ship 23 Freight and Passenger Locomotives to Cuba
Transmashholding (TMH) and import agency Tradex have signed a contract for 23 LDE-2500 diesel locomotives. The customer is Ferrocarriles de …
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China: CRRC Subsidiary Tests New Maglev Generation
CRRC Zhuzhou tested a new generation of maglev trains with an operating speed of 160km/h. The traction efficiency of this new model is 30% h…
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7 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 4
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider for 21–25 January 2019.
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United Wagon Company Delivers 60 Heavy Duty Flat Cars to TransContainer
Russian freight car manufacturer UWC has completed a contract for 60 heavy duty flat cars. TransContainer required these bogies to have an e…
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CRRC to Manufacture 22 Trains for Egypt
Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CRRC announced today that its subsidiary, CRRC Sifang, has won a contract to develop and manufacture 22 t…
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Belarusian Railway Buys 10 Stadler Broad-Gauge FLIRT Trains
Belarusian Railway, which operates the entire rail network in Belarus, has signed a contract with Stadler for ten FLIRT trains. The trains i…
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9 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 3
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider for 14–18 January 2019. Find out …
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MI 2N Refurbishment Contract for RER Line A Goes to CAF
CAF has won the contract to refurbish 43 RER MI 2N trains from RATP and Île-de-France Mobilités. This MI 2N refurbishment contract is worth …
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Renfe Awards 3 Rolling Stock Maintenance Contracts to Alstom
Spanish rail operator Renfe has awarded three maintenance contracts to Alstom. They cover full maintenance services for 15 Avelia Pendolino …
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Two Bombardier Trains Receive Guaranteed French Origin Certification from Pro France
Pro France has awarded Bombardier Transportation the Guaranteed French Origin label for two of its trains. They are the Francilien and the B…
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Alstom's Coradia Polyvalent Train Takes First Trip in Senegal
Alstom's Coradia Polyvalent train undertook its first trip in Senegal on 14 January 2019. Both Alstom and APIX, the agency that promotes inv…
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Stadler to Deliver Additional Narrow-Gauge Trains to Southeast Italy
Apulia, Italy: Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (FAL) have placed a follow-up order for Stadler narrow-gauge trains. The framework contract is for 8 t…
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13 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Weeks 1 and 2
We are back with the Railway-News Industry Insider for weeks 1 and 2 (1–11 January 2019): the railway industry's latest news, covering North…