A genset locomotive is to be developed for Russia and neighbouring CIS countries following an agreement between Russia's Yakutia Railways and Molinari Rail, Switzerland.
THE NEW CEO of Netherlands Railways (NS) Mr Timo Huges, has informed the Dutch secretary of state for infrastructure Mrs Wilma Mansveld that NS will not acquire any new inter-city rolling stock before 2021.
FOLLOWING a competitive tender, Macedonian Railways (MZ) signed a €25m contract with representatives of CSR Zhuzhou, China, in the Macedonian capital Skopje on June 24 for six regional trains.
VOSSLOH's new management team has announced a major restructuring of the company to improve its long-term profitability, but with additional costs of up to €250m Vossloh says it expects to lose between €150m and €180m this year.
UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) introduced the first of two prototype EKr1 'Tarpan' long-distance EMUs on the Kiev Darnytsia – Lviv route on June 24.
ONE year after steps were taken to speed up Germany's tortuous and costly train certification process, the German Railway Industry Association (VDB) says progress has been made, but the certification of modernised vehicles is still unclear and legislation is needed.
TEST running will begin soon at Egorshino depot in the Sverdlosvsk region of Russia of what is claimed to be the world's first gas-reciprocating-engine locomotive.
EUROPEAN rolling stock leasing company Railpool has signed a framework agreement with Bombardier for 35 Traxx electric locomotives worth €135m with an option for up to 30 more units for an additional investment of €115m.
THE first of the fleet of 115 class 700 EMUs being supplied by Siemens for the upgraded cross-London Thameslink network has been tested successfully at its maximum operating speed of 160km/h at the Wildenrath test centre in Germany.
DANISH State Railways (DSB) has decided to launch a new study to ascertain whether it is realistic and financially viable to get its problematic fleet of IC4 DMUs to run with sufficiently-high operational stability.