A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Suchsdorf in the northern German state of Schleswig Holstein on July 17 to mark the start of construction on a new production facility for Vossloh Locomotives.
MID-SAXONY Transport Authority (VMS) has awarded Vossloh Kiepe and Vossloh Rail Vehicles a contract to supply four additional City Link tram-trains for use in the Chemnitz area after the state of Saxony agreed to fund 75% of the €23.7m order.
THE governor of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, Mr Geraldo Alckmin, signed a 20-year public-private partnership concession with BR Mobilidade Baixada Santista consortium on June 23 to operate the new light rail line and buses in Santos.
Vossloh and VR Track, a subsidiary of Finnish state-owned railway VR Group, have signed contracts to jointly operate three switch production facilities and cooperate in continuous welded rail production.
SALES for the Vossloh Group increased by 8.7% to €319.8m for the first three months of 2015. With strong growth in non-European markets, sales grew particularly strongly outside Europe and now account for 42.5% of total sales compared with 34.9% in the first quarter of 2014.
KARLSRUHE Transport (VBK) and Albtal Transport Company (AVG) have exercised an option with Vossloh Kiepe and its Spanish sister company Vossloh Rail Vehicles for 25 additional CityLink NET 2012 tram-trains, taking its total fleet of these vehicles to 50.
DESPITE recording a 1.8% increase in group sales in 2014 to €1.32bn, Vossloh reported a negative Ebit of €171.6m as the company's restructuring plan continues to impact its performance.
Passenger operation is due to begin this month on the first phase of a light rail network in the Brazillian port city of Santos. Keith Barrow previews Brazil's first modern electric LRT system.
PASSENGER Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has confirmed it expects its new Vossloh Afro 4000 diesel locomotives to enter service on long-distance mainline passenger trains within the next two months.
VOSSLOH Spain has secured orders worth more than €40m for 12 Euro 4000 six-axle diesel locomotives, which will be used by railfreight operators in France.