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December 17, 2020 | Africa

TMH and UWC agree African freight wagon market cooperation

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) and United Wagon Company (UWC) have signed a framework agreement to cooperate on the production and supply of narrow-gauge freight wagons for the African market.

December 16, 2020 | Metros

Contract for Toulouse’ third metro line awarded

TISSEO Communities, the project manager of the 27km Toulouse Aerospace Express metro project, has awarded Alstom a €470m contract to design, build and maintain the line’s transport system.

December 15, 2020 | Fleet

Hitachi and Eversholt Rail to trial battery-equipped class 802

HITACHI Rail and British rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a battery pack that can be installed on a five-car class 802 inter-city train operated by Great Western Railway (GWR) on the 480km journey between London and Penzance in the southwest of England.

December 14, 2020 | Fleet

Stadler delivers first Norwegian bi-mode Flirt

STADLER has delivered the first of 14 class 76 Flirt hybrid trains that will be operated by SJ Norge to Skien, Norway, where it will undergo testing before the fleet is introduced in the Trøndelag region throughout 2021.

December 12, 2020 | Technology

Revolution Very Light Rail project moves forward

BRITAIN’s Very Light Rail (RVLR) vehicle development project has announced that it has delivered its very light rail (VLR) prototype vehicle to the Quinton Rail Technology Centre in Warwickshire for final assembly and system integration, ahead of testing in February.

December 10, 2020 | Fleet

Chemnitz launches tender for up to 47 tram-trains

MID Saxony Transport Authority (VMS) has launched a tender for up to 46 dual-voltage tram-trains for Chemnitz and the surrounding region.

December 10, 2020 | Fleet

Yevpatoria to receive new LRVs in 2021

URALTRANSMASH (UTM), a subsidiary of Uralvagonzavod (UVZ), has won a contract to supply 27 class 71-411 single-section LRVs to the city of Yevpatoria, Crimea, to be delivered in 2021.

December 9, 2020 | Fleet

Mitsubishi and CAF to supply 31 EMUs to Myanmar

MYANMAR Railways (MR) has signed two contracts with Mitsubishi, Japan, to deliver 11 six-car trains for the Yangon Circular Railway (YCR) Project and 30 six-car trains for the Yangon-Mandalay Railway (YM) Project.

December 8, 2020 | Rolling stock

SNCF at a crossroads

Passenger market liberalisation, freight reform and growing company debt were all major challenges facing French National Railways (SNCF) president and CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou when he took the job in November 2019. Covid-19 has added a new dynamic to the role. In an exclusive interview, Farandou speaks to David Haydock about SNCF’s prospects for the decade ahead.

December 3, 2020 | Fleet

ÖBB completes three month iLint hydrogen test

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has completed three months of testing with Alstom’s Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train on four regional lines in Lower Austria, Vienna and eastern Styria.

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