Spain: The first ten AVE trains have commenced operation between Madrid and Galicia and Asturias. These are the world’s first variable gauge trains with a max speed of 330 km/h. The prototype was unveiled in 2012, and the delivery was delayed by more than 3 years.
Austria: OBB-Infrastruktur, an Austrian infrastructure subsidiary of OBB, has placed an order with the Swiss manufacturer for 18 such trains with a total value of €230 mln.
Sierra Leone: A batch of ten locomotives for a 1,067 mm gauge line was delivered to the African mining company Leone Rock Metal Group.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
India: The German company is investing INR 1.8 bln ($22 mln) to expand their plant in Aurangabad, opened in November 2022 to manufacture bogies.
Russia: Kirill Kolesnikov, CEO of Sinara Algorithm, a subsidiary of Sinara–Transport Machines (STM), told about this at the Transport Mobility forum in Moscow.
Poland, Ireland: The assembly of a five-car train took place in Katowice, Poland, from October 2023 to April 2024.
France: Initially SNCF, a French operator, was to receive a new fleet of 28 trains by the end of 2023. Now the Spanish manufacturer promises to complete the delivery in Q4 2027.
Czechia: The rolling stock manufacturer has acquired 100% of the shares in Cegelec, a Czech company, which has been part of the French Vinci since 2010.
