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November 4, 2019 | Fleet

DB starts trial operation of Alstom Coradia Continental EMUs

GERMAN Rail’s regional subsidiary DB Regio started trial operation on November 4 with the first two series ET 1440 Alstom Coradia Continental five-car EMUs for Rhine-Erft Regional Express Line RE8.

October 31, 2019 | Fleet

Siemens sends Caltrans/Illinois coach to Canada for testing

THE third vehicle in a batch of 137 single-deck coaches which Sumitomo and Siemens are building for California and Illinois has arrived in Canada for cold-weather testing at the National Research Council.

October 30, 2019 | Fleet

Stadler fends off Chinese competition to win Westbahn contract

STADLER has won a €300m contract to supply and maintain 15 Kiss double-deck EMUs from Austrian open-access inter-city operator Westbahn, prevailing in a competition with China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC).

October 29, 2019 | Fleet

Westbahn confirms December train service cutback

AUSTRIA’s open-access inter-city operator Westbahn has confirmed that it will withdraw its hourly Vienna Praterstern - Salzburg service on December 14, cutting the frequency between the two cities in half.

October 29, 2019 | High-speed

Trenitalia to test ETR 1000 between Paris and Lille

IRJ at WCRR 2019: Trenitalia is set to begin dynamic tests next week on the French high-speed network as the operator steps up the certification process for use of ETR 1000 trains in France.

October 28, 2019 | Fleet

First Nuremberg G1 metro train unveiled

THE first of 34 G1 metro trains for operation on Line U1 of the Nuremberg U-Bahn has been presented to Nuremberg Transport (VAG) by Siemens.

October 25, 2019 | Fleet

IR to create locomotive and passenger coach subsidiaries

INDIAN Railways (IR) has revised plans announced in June to merge eight of its production units into one corporation and now says it will form two subsidiaries instead.

October 22, 2019 | Fleet

French region orders bi-mode Alstom trains for services to Germany

FRANCE’s Grand Est region has awarded a €360m contract to Alstom for 39 additional Coradia Polyvalent electro-diesel trains for cross-border and domestic services.

October 21, 2019 | Fleet

BLS Cargo orders more Siemens Vectron locomotives

SWISS rail freight operator BLS Cargo has awarded a contract to Siemens for 25 Vectron MS multiple-system locomotives.

October 21, 2019 | Fleet

Toshiba to supply 68 electric locomotives to Taiwan

TOSHIBA Infrastructure Systems & Solutions has secured a contract worth Yen 40bn ($US 368m) from Bank of Taiwan to supply 68 electric locomotives to Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA).

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