KARLSRUHE Transport Authority (VBK) has taken delivery of the first of 25 City Link low-floor tram-trains from Vossloh, which are being supplied under a €75m contract signed in October 2011.
THE FRENCH Railway Safety Board (ESPF) has granted Authorisation to Place into Service for Vossloh's range of G6 six-axle diesel shunters, allowing the locomotives to operate commercially on the French mainline network.
An innovative concept for turnouts functioning in sub-zero temperatures that eliminates the need for a point heater has been developed by Dutch mechanical design engineer, Richard de Roos, at his own risk and expense.
VOSSLOH Rail Services (VRS) and Düsseldorf's Rheinbahn marked the 17th International Noise Awareness day on April 30 by showcasing Vossloh's prototype High Speed Grinding (HSG) City track maintenance machine during an event at Rheinbahn's Lierenfelder Straße depot.
VOSSLOH Group says the high cost of certifying rail vehicles is largely to blame for a 30.8% drop in Ebit to €6.5m for the first quarter of the 2014 financial year.
THE FIRST of 22 LRVs being built by Tremvia Santos, a consortium of TTrans and Vossloh, for the first light rail line in the Brazilian city of Santos began its sea voyage from Spain to Brazil on April 8.
DESPITE reporting sales of €1.31bn in 2013, an increase of 6.3% over 2012, Vossloh's Ebit fell to €54.2m from €97.5m the previous year, which equates to a fall in Ebit margin from 7.8% to 4.1%.
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.