Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has unveiled the restaurant cars for its new fleet of RABDe 502 (IC 200) double-deck intercity EMUs, which will gradually come into service following the launch of the 2019 timetable on December 9.
BOMBARDIER Transportation opened a new €1m laboratory in Mannheim on August 23, where it will develop and test electronics systems for train control (TCMS) and signalling and control systems.
ALUMINIUM Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) has taken delivery of a batch of CRRC Qishuyan DF8B diesel locomotives, which will be used to haul alumina trains to the company’s refinery at St Elizabeth.
HYUNDAI Rotem has confirmed it will close its rolling stock assembly plant in Philadelphia later this month.
SAXONY’s Oberelbe Transport Authority (VVO) has invited Bombardier and the Technical University of Berlin to prepare a feasibility study into the potential operation of Battery Electric Multiple Units (BEMUs) on non-electrified routes in the south of the German state.
TRENITALIA has dispatched an ETR 485 Pendolino tiliting inter-city EMU to Greece, where it will undergo tests on the Athens - Thessaloniki line.
KNORR-Bremse announced on August 20 that it has signed an agreement with Federal-Mogul to acquire its ‘know-how and intellectual property rights’ for the development and production of friction materials for rail vehicle and industrial applications. In return, Federal-Mogul will receive a back license from Knorr-Bremse, allowing it to continue to supply its own customers with rail friction materials.
BRITISH train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) launched its new fleet of Hitachi class 802 bi-mode trains on August 17 with a media run from Penzance to Exeter.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has placed an initial €375m order for eight day trains and 13 night trains as part of a €1.5bn framework agreement it has signed with Siemens Mobility for a new fleet of long-distance trains, which includes the delivery of up to 700 passenger coaches over the next five years.
APPENZELL Railways (AB), Switzerland, began operating the first of 11 Tango LRVs in passenger service on the Teufen - Appenzell line on August 15, four months after the vehicle was for the start of testing.
