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.
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.
TVERSKOY Wagon Plant, a subsidiary of Transmashholding (TMH), Russia, presented a mock-up of its next generation EMU at the 9th 1520 railway forum organised by Russian Railways (RZD) in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) subsidiary Central Suburban Passenger Company has awarded a contract to Demikhovsky Machine Building Plant (DMZ), part of the Transmashholding (TMH) group, to supply 26 class ED4M emus for suburban services in the Moscow area.
MOSCOW Metro has awarded a contract to supply and maintain 832 metro cars to a consortium of Transmashholding (TMH) subsidiaries Metrovagonmash and Transleasholding in a deal worth Roubles 144bn ($US 4.1bn).
TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH), Russia, announced on January 23 that its Baltic regional subsidiary CJSC TMH B has signed a contract with Lithuanian Railways (LG) to supply 20 additional TEM TMH diesel locomotives.
LITHUANIAN Railways (LG) CEO Mr Stasys Dailydka has signed a memorandum of understanding with Transmashholding (TMH) president Mr Andrei Bokarev as a first step towards establishing a joint venture to assemble locomotives in Lithuania for the Baltic States and other European markets.
TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) has signed an agreement with Tognum, the parent company of MTU, to establish a joint-venture which will manufacture diesel engines for rail vehicles at a new plant in Kolomna in Moscow Oblast.
ALSTOM and Transmashholding (TMH) signed an agreement with Russian Railways (RZD) at the 1520 Strategic Partnership forum in Sochi on May 30 to develop a new design of dual-voltage electric locomotive.