EMU Railcars News
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Skånetrafiken Receives Final 30 Coradia Nordic Regional Trains from Alstom
Swedish public transport operator Skånetrafiken has received the final 30 Coradia Nordic regional trains from Alstom. This completes orders …
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Stadler to Supply 8 Additional Double-Decker KISS Electric Multiple Units to Hungary
Stadler has signed a contract with Hungarian train operator MÁV-START Zrt. for eight additional six-car double-decker KISS EMUs. These new t…
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Stadler Lands Contract for 12 Additional FLIRT Traverso Trains for Switzerland
Stadler has signed a contract with Schweizerische Südostbahn AG (SOB) to supply an additional 12 FLIRT trains. Starting on 12 December 2021 …
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Newag Impuls 45WE for Polish Province of Pomerania Ready
The technical approval of the 5-car Newag Impuls 45WE has been completed. The marshal for the province of Pomerania, Ryszard Świlski, and th…
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First OEBB Cityjet TALENT 3 Arrives in Austria
The first OEBB Cityjet TALENT 3 train by Bombardier arrived in Austria on 15 November. This is a piece of railway history, says OEBB (Austri…
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Transdev Orders 64 Stadler FLIRT 160 Trains to Operate on Hanover S-Bahn Network
Transdev Group, Germany's biggest private rail and bus operator, was awarded the contract to operate Hanover's suburban railway system follo…
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Milestone for Alstom: 28th Repainted Pendolino Leaves Facility in Widnes
Alstom, which has the task of repainting and overhauling the UK's Pendolino fleet, has announced it has just hit the halfway milestone. The …
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Stadler Presents New FLIRT Akku for the First Time
The media got to see the FLIRT Akku, the battery-powered version of Stadler's FLIRT series, for the first time last week. It is both energy-…
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Slovakian Rail Company Orders Stadler GTW Multiple Units
Stadler Rail has announced it has secured a contract for five rack-and-pinion / adhesion traction GTW-type multiple units and one locomotive…
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Bombardier Partners with Siemens to Supply New ICE 4 Trains to DB
On 28 September Railway-News reported that DB was investing an additional one billion euros into modernising its ICE 1 fleet and in purchasi…
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Bombardier Reveals New Battery-powered Train in a World First
On 12 September Bombardier revealed its emission-free, energy-efficient, low-noise battery-powered train to the public for the first time. T…
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Railway-News Choice: Rolling Stock Highlights at InnoTrans 2018
One of the key attractions at Berlin Messe is its Outdoor Display with 3,500 metres of track on which to display locomotives, multiple units…
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KISS Car-Shells Arrive at Stadler US Factory for Caltrain
The first car-shells for 16 six-car KISS trains for the Caltrain project have arrived at Stadler US’s factory in Salt Lake City, Utah. Caltr…
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Stadler to Supply 71 Trains to the Wales & Borders Franchise
KeolisAmey, which was awarded the Wales & Borders franchise and the South Wales Metro service by the Welsh government, has ordered 71 trains…
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Bombardier to Supply 36 Additional Francilien Trains for Greater Paris
French national railway company SNCF has ordered 36 Francilien (SNCF Z 50000) train sets from Bombardier Transportation on behalf of Île-de-…
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New £46m Train Depot Provides Jobs Boost for Greater Manchester
With the number of passengers set to double in the north over the next 25 years, more depots are needed to enable the more frequent services…
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Stadler to Design and Build 26 Multiple Units for Slovenian Rail Operator
Stadler is designing and building 26 multiple units (single and double-deck) for the Slovenian state rail operator Slovenske Železnice. The …
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Bombardier to Provide High-Speed Regional Trains to Västtrafik in Sweden
Bombardier Transportation announced that it has signed a contract with Västtrafik to supply 40 high-speed regional trains to cater for growi…
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German State of Hesse Orders Additional Regional Trains
Alstom has received an order worth over €27 million from Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB), transport operator in the state of Hesse, for the …
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Go-Ahead’s First Flirt 3 Trains for Baden-Württemberg Take Shape
Preparations are underway to get Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg’s first Flirt 3 trains, built by Stadler, ready to hit the track. As part of the…
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TfL Orders Additional Trains for London's Elizabeth Line
Jointly sponsored by the Department for Transport (DfT) and TfL, the Elizabeth line is the largest infrastructure project of its kind in Eur…
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Alstom to Supply Additional Coradia Stream Regional Trains to Trenitalia
Alstom has been awarded four contracts totalling around €330 million by Trenitalia, the Italian national train operator, for the supply of 5…
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TE Connectivity to Supply High-Voltage Roofline Equipment for Stadler SMILE Trains
TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, has been selected by train manufacturer Stadler to supply high-voltage roo…
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First Coradia Polyvalent Train for Algeria Enters Commercial Service
Mr. Abdelghani Zalene, Algeria’s Minister of Public Works and Transport, today celebrated the commercial entry into service of the first Cor…