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May 24, 2024 | Fleet

SBB orders trains for French cross-border services

Option for 33 Stadler Flirt EMUs exercised under framework for up to 510 trains.

May 24, 2024 | Metros

Woojin wins contract to upgrade LA Metro fleet

Korean supplier will fit 74 Ansaldo Breda cars with a new traction control system.

May 22, 2024 | High-speed

Spain’s newest high-speed trains enter service

Renfe has received 10 Avril trains out of 30 ordered from manufacturer Talgo.

May 22, 2024 | Policy

European Commission approves German wagonload freight support scheme

German government will make €1.7bn available over five years to 2029.

May 22, 2024 | Light Rail

Alstom to supply Citadis LRVs for Haifa - Nazareth line

Supplier is part of the consortium delivering the €1bn PPP light rail project in Israel.

May 21, 2024 | Main line

Introduction of SNCF’s new Oxgène inter-city fleet delayed to 2027

Braking and traction motor faults discovered during trials by manufacturer CAF.

May 21, 2024 | Freight

Lobito Atlantic Railway orders 275 container wagons

New fleet will be built by Galison Manufacturing of South Africa.

May 21, 2024 | Rolling stock

Wabtec opens new $US 18m plant in India

Manufacturing campus at Rohtak will produce rolling stock components and subsystems.

May 21, 2024 | Financial

Kenya secures more Chinese funding for Standard Gauge Railway

Funding to build 364.3km of new railway from Naivasha to Malaba on Ugandan border.

May 20, 2024 | Telecoms

Thales and Nokia to renew London Underground’s communications network

Partners will upgrade Connect system that handles radio communications and CCTV.

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