THE first of 20 three-car Inspiro trains for the initial phase of Sofia metro Line 3 was unveiled at the Newag plant in Nowy Sacz, Poland, on November 15.
LOWER Silesian Railways (KD) signed a Zlotys 266.5m ($US 65.5m) contract with Newag at Wroclaw Glowny station on January 13 for 11 additional Impuls regional EMUs.
THE Polish region of West Pomerania has awarded Newag a contract worth around Zlotys 250m ($US 64.3m) to supply 17 Impuls regional EMUs.
A new fleet of Newag Impuls 36WEa EMUs for the Polish region of Opole entered trial passenger service on the Wroclaw - Opole - Kedzierzyn-Kozle line on August 4.
SICILY's Circumetnea Railway (FCE) introduced its first new trains for more than 20 years on May 24, when the first of four Vulcano DMUs supplied by Newag, Poland, entered service on the 111km 950mm-gauge line from Catania to Riposto, which serves towns surrounding Mount Etna.
POLAND's National Centre for Research and Develoment (NCBiR) has agreed to provide funding for a project by Newag to develop what it describes as "the first worldwide family of autonomous, configurable bi-mode passenger rail vehicles compliant with Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI)."
POLISH rolling stock supplier Newag has begun production of the first of 12 Impuls regional EMUs for the region of Lesser Poland at its plant in Nowy Sacz.
THE Polish region of Lesser Poland has awarded Newag a Zlotys 304m ($US 82m) contract to supply 12 Impuls regional EMUs, with an option for four additional trains, for use on Krakow suburban services operated by Koleje Małopolskie.
METROPOLITAN EAD, which operates the two-line metro in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, has awarded Siemens and Newag, Poland, a €140m contract to supply trains and signalling for the first phase of the new Line 3, which is due to open in 2019.
THE first of six Newag type 39WE EMUs for Warsaw Commuter Railway (WKD) is undergoing dynamic tests at the Polish Railway Research Institute test track at Żmigród ahead of delivery to the capital at the end of next month.
