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November 19, 2019 | Fleet

Bombardier tests first Aventra EMUs for South Western Railway

THE first of 750 Aventra EMU cars, which Bombardier is building for Britain’s South Western Railway (SWR) franchise, are now undergoing testing.

November 18, 2019 | Fleet

Schwerin awards tram modernisation contract to Kiepe Electric

SCHWERIN Local Transport (NVS) has awarded a contract to Knorr-Bremse subsidiary Kiepe Electric to modernise 30 low-floor trams.

November 15, 2019 | Fleet

Barcelona receives first of 12 new metro trains

BARCELONA Metropolitan Transport (TMB) has received the first of 12 metro trains on order from Alstom and CAF at a total cost of €92m.

November 15, 2019 | Fleet

Marta finally signs Stadler metro train contract

ATLANTA’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta) and Stadler have finally signed a $US 600m contract for 127 metro trains with two options each for 25 trains.

November 14, 2019 | Fleet

DB Regio orders trains for Karlsruhe services

GERMAN Rail’s DB Regio business unit has ordered another seven Mireo EMUs from Siemens and 19 Coradia Continental EMUs from Alstom for its Karlsruhe 7b network contract.

November 13, 2019 | Rolling stock

Czech Railways launches tender for 182 230km/h coaches

CZECH Railways (CD) has released a tender for a framework contract to purchase 182 230km/h passenger coaches.

November 8, 2019 | Fleet

HSTs to transfer from LNER to East Midlands Railway

AN agreement has been reached between East Midlands Railway (EMR), London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT) to transfer nine 200km/h diesel HST trains from LNER to EMR.

November 7, 2019 | Fleet

Flood-damaged Hokuriku Shinkansen trains to be scrapped

THE 10 Hokuriku Shinkansen trains which were damaged by flooding at Nagano depot following Typhoon Hagibis on October 12 are to be scrapped as the damage to electrical and electronic equipment is deemed too great to repair to ensure the safe running of the trains.

November 5, 2019 | Fleet

Merseyrail train reaches 120km/h on test at Wildenrath

A Stadler EMU for Britain’s Merseyrail network has reached 120km/h during trial running on the Wildenrath test track in Germany.

November 4, 2019 | Fleet

Irish government approves extra cars for Dublin

IRELAND’s minister for transport, tourism and sport, Mr Shane Ross, has approved the purchase of 41 cars to extend the length of DMUs operating on Dublin commuter rail services.

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