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Last week the Russian government received the latest progress report on production of the trainset for the Moscow–St Petersburg high-speed line.
Malaysia: The rolling stock arrived from China at the end of last year, following a full cycle of tests at the manufacturer’s plant in Dalian. Now, one electric locomotive and two six-car trainsets are due to cover 8,000 km of test running.
UK: The four-coach Class 220 unit, originally built by Bombardier Transportation in 2000 (acquired by Alstom in 2021), has undergone refurbishment at the company’s Derby facility.
Canada: A fleet of 76 five-section trams began carrying passengers on Line 5 on 8 February.
South Korea: At the end of 2025, the country announced the completion of development of a new high-speed rolling stock model.
Switzerland: A fleet of ten Stadler Tramlink tram-trains has been operating in GoA2 mode since January on the 13 km Waldenburgerbahn narrow-gauge line.
Saudi Arabia: The contract for the supply of the rolling stock to the national operator SAR has been signed between the Spanish manufacturer and the Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services.
Russia: On 6 February, the low-floor 71-233A was put into service on a route in the city of Yekaterinburg.
Ukraine: The manufacturer’s two pre-series 19-7160 prototypes were tested loaded and empty.