China: Last week, the first narrow-gauge six-axle R200 diesel locomotive departed from the station in Hualien City, hauling eight flatcars with containers and trucks.
Estonia: Märt Ehrenpreis, the Chief Technology Officer at the passenger operator Elron, reported to the media that a 6,000 km trial operation is scheduled to begin in July.
India: The Ministry of Railways commissioned the ICF plant in Chennai, part of the Indian Railways, to develop two prototypes of such trains by March 2025.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Russia: Ivan Kolesnikov, Deputy General Director for Passenger Service of Russian Railways (RZD), told about it in an interview with RZD TV.
Russia: The video was released by Key Systems and Components Group, the owner of the factory near St Petersburg, which produces them.
Czechia: The two-car 15Ev3 battery-electric multiple unit was unveiled two weeks at the Rail Business Days in Ostrava.
Russia: The fleet of nine low-floor single-car 71-911EM Lvyonok trams has commenced passenger service on a route in the city in the south of Russia.
USA: The weatherproof coating is developed by Advanced Polymer Coatings, a traditional producer of such solutions for various machines in the US market.
