IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: OMNITRAM, a low-floor LRV developed by a joint venture of German bogie supplier Transtec F&E Vetschau and Electron, Ukraine, makes its first appearance at InnoTrans this week.

The emergence of gas-reciprocating traction could be an important breakthrough in Russia, a country with a plentiful supply of natural gas. The Russian Institute of Research, Design and Technological Studies and Transmashholding have developed the TEM19 locomotive to prove the concept in service.

THE first of 25 double-deck EMUs being built for Moscow's Aeroexpress at Stadler Rail's Altenrhein plant in eastern Switzerland was loaded onto a barge at the port of Basle Auhafen over the weekend on the second stage of its journey to Russia.

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has carried out a series of demonstration runs in western Siberia using its new-generation Lastochka (Swallow) EMU, the first appearance of the type east of the Urals.

TALGO has delivered a variable-gauge set of 20 coaches for Russian Railways (RZD) to Berlin in readiness for testing on the German network.

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) presented the first four-unit 4ES5 electric locomotive for Russian Railways (RZD) to the governor of the Rostov region Mr Vasiliy Golubev, and RZD president Mr Vladimir Yakunin at Rostov-on-Don station earlier this month.

TRTrans, a 50:50 joint venture between Alstom and Transmashholding (TMH), Russia, has obtained certification for its new 2ES5 double-unit 25kV ac electric locomotive for Russian Railways (RZD).

CERTIFICATION testing has begun in Moscow on a new low-floor tram developed by Transmashholding (TMH) subsidiary Tver Carriage Works (TVZ) for Russian cities.

UNITED Wagon Company (UWC) has rolled out the 10,000th wagon to be produced at its Tikhvin Freight Car Wagon Plant (TVSZ) in western Russia, which opened in January 2012.

URALVAGONZAVOD (UVZ) unveiled a prototype of its model 71-410 Russia One (R1) low-floor LRV at the Innoprom 2014 international trade fair in Yekaterinburg on July 9.