SAMSUNG C&T Engineering and Construction Mongolia has awarded Vossloh Fastening Systems a contract to supply its MNG 30 fastening system for a new heavy-haul line in Mongolia.
EMTU, which is managing a project to build a 16.9km light rail line linking São Vicente with Santos, Brazil, says that testing of the first LRV will start in June.
AUSTRIAN local railway operator Stern & Hafferl (StH) has awarded Vossloh a €30m contract to supply 11 metre-gauge Tramlink V3 LRVs.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) in cooperation with French Rail Network (RFF) and intermodal operator Kombiverkehr operated a 1500m-long freight train on January 18 between Sibelin yard near Lyon and Nîmes as part of Europe's Marathon project to operate longer freight trains.
GERMANY's Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has granted Vossloh's G12 and G18 four-axle single-cab freight locomotives an authority to place into service for operation on the German network.
THE first train consisting of six Vossloh three-axle G6 shunters has been dispatched to BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
PERFORMANCE testing and certification of the first Vossloh class 68 UKLight diesel locomotives for British open-access operator Direct Rail Services is underway at the Velim test circuit in the Czech Republic, while a second unit has been unveiled in the company's new livery at the Vossloh Rail Vehicles plant in Albuixech, Spain.
A JOINT venture of SP-Technology, Russia and Vossloh Cogifer, in partnership with Russian Railways (RZD), has completed its acquisition of in Novosibirsk Switch Plant, Russia's largest manufacturer of points and crossings.
SWIFAMBO Rail Leasing, South Africa, has awarded a €250m contract to Vossloh for 70 electro-diesel passenger locomotives which will be leased to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to haul passenger trains. The contract includes options for a minimum of 10 additional units as well as to maintain the fleet.
ISRAEL Railways has placed a Shekels 1.5bn ($US 421.7m) contract with Alstom to maintain its fleet of IC3 dmus for seven years, with an option for an eight-year extension.
