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November 16, 2018 | Fleet

DSB shortlists three bidders for coach contract

DANISH State Railways (DSB) announced on November 16 that it has shortlisted Bombardier, Siemens and Talgo for a framework contract to supply a new fleet of inter-city coaches.

November 15, 2018 | Fleet

First Stadler Flirt UK for Greater Anglia arrives in Britain

ABELLIO Greater Anglia marked a milestone in the replacement of its train fleet on the morning of November 15 with the delivery of the first Stadler class 755 Flirt UK bi-mode multiple unit to the operator’s Crown Point depot in Norwich.

November 14, 2018 | Fleet

First refurbished SWR class 444 EMU enters service

BRITAIN’s South Western Railway (SWR) put the first of 45 refurbished and reconfigured class 444 Siemens Desiro five-car EMUs back into service on November 14 on the London Waterloo - Southampton - Bournmouth - Weymouth route.

November 14, 2018 | Fleet

Stadler wins contract to standardise MÁV-Start Flirt fleet

STADLER has been awarded a $US 16.7m contract by Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) to upgrade the 60 Flirt EMUs it delivered between 2006 and 2010.

November 8, 2018 | Metros

Kawasaki considers future of its rolling stock business

KAWASAKI Heavy Industries (KHI) has set up a restructuring committee to consider options for the future of its rolling stock business due to mounting losses from contracts in the United States and Japan.

November 7, 2018 | Fleet

United Wagon wins order for new-generation fertiliser wagons

RUSSIAN fertiliser producer, MCC EuroChem, has awarded a contract to United Wagon for 700 new-generation wagons to transport potash from its Usolskiy Potash plant. Delivery of the wagons will be completed by the end of the first half of 2019.

November 6, 2018 | Fleet

Latvian government allocates €259m for EMU order

LATVIA’s transport minister Mr Uldis Augulis confirmed at a press conference in Riga on November 5 that the cabinet has approved the allocation of €259m from the state budget to fund the acquisition of new EMUs for national passenger operator Pasažieru Vilciens (PV).

November 5, 2018 | Fleet

Settlement reached in SBB Twindexx accessibility dispute

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) and lobby group Inclusion Handicap have reached an out-of-court settlement partially ending a dispute over accessibility for passengers with reduced mobility on the new fleet of Bombardier RABDe and RABe 502 Twindexx double-deck EMUs.

November 2, 2018 | Freight

IPEM: Russia freight wagon market could be worth $US 24bn by 2030

RUSSIAN freight wagon owners will require 400,000-550,000 wagons between 2019 and 2030, according to research by the Russia-based Institute of Natural Monopolies Research (IPEM). IPEM estimates that this will translate into freight wagon market worth $US 17.4-23.5bn during the same period.

November 2, 2018 | Fleet

Škoda NIM Express receives TSI High Speed certification

ŠKODA Transportation confirmed on November 2 that German notified body Eisenbahn Cert has granted TSI High Speed certification for the type 109E3 (class 102) electric locomotives and double-deck coaches ordered by DB Regio for Nuremberg - Inglostadt - Munich NIM Express high-speed regional services.

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