Russia: Draft contracts worth RUB 4.1 bln ($46.4 mln) have been published on the government procurement portal after the Ust-Katav Car-building Plant, UKCP, emerged as the sole bidder in tenders announced in late 2023.
USA: The 53,000m² facility in the centre of Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, was sold to the local company Wilmerding Warehouse for $1.3m at the end of 2023.
Italy: According to the German company, the components will be installed on new metro trains in the coming weeks.
UK: The two ten-car Class 701 Aventra trains came into service between London and Windsor.
France: This year, during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Urbanloop is to transport passengers between a car parking and a fan zone on a two km line in Montigny-le-Bretonneux.
USA: The North Carolina Department of Transportation has demanded CATS, the Charlotte Area Transit System, to decommission some of the partially low-floor three-car S70 trams by the German manufacturer.
Russia: Over the next month, the vehicle built by Ural Locomotives, a subsidiary of Sinara–Transport Machines, will undergo tests with an electric traction laboratory that will record its actual tractive effort.
Israel: The national operator Israel Railways has started to take delivery of a new batch of Desiro HC partially double-deck EMUs, comprising 36 six-car sets, which will enter service within a year.
Czechia: Under an eight-year contract, the manufacturer will supply 40 trams to DPP.
