RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has begun six months of trials with the first of 32 diesel locomotives being supplied by Sinara for the 1067mm-gauge network on the Pacific island of Sakhalin.
BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains has awarded Voith a contract to supply 188 new final drives and cardan shafts for its fleet of 94 class 142 Pacer dmus, which are used by Arriva Trains Wales and Northern Rail.
VOITH confirmed on January 27 that its management board has decided not to resume talks on the sale of its locomotive production unit, which is based in Kiel in northern Germany.
STADLER Rail announced on December 2 that it has signed a contract with Voith to acquire the company's Dutch train maintenance subsidiary Voith Rail Services (VRS) for an undisclosed sum.
VOITH has placed a follow up order with MAN for 68 D2876 under-floor engines for use in conjunction with its DiwaPacks powerpack on passenger trains being built by Brazilian manufacturer Bom Sinal.
THE German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has granted unrestricted series approval for the 15L BB variant of Voith's Gravita diesel-hydraulic shunting and trip freight locomotive.
VOITH Engineering Services has been awarded a contract worth around €7m to develop a low-floor LRV for Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group, China.
PESA Bydgoszcz, Poland, has selected Voith to supply diesel drive systems for a fleet of four two-car Link dmus ordered by Arriva last November for regional services in the Polish region of Kujawsko-Pomorskie.
