Efforts to increase train speeds continue unabated, with new countries, such as Russia, joining the exclusive club of manufacturers.
Russia: The company has recently launched a new workshop with a robotised production line.
Austria: The first two prototype freight cars with modular bodies were delivered to the steelworks voestalpine early in June.
Czechia, Germany: The company will refurbish 79 three-car vehicles, extending their service life for a further 15 years.
Russia: The trials will conclude in mid-summer, after which the operation will commence on public tracks.
Germany: The three-car ForCity Plus 47T, assembled in Plzeň, is 29 m long, 2.4 m wide and 70% low-floor.
Russia: The Cognitive Tram Pilot, an automated driving system with a computer vision, has become one of the participants of a professional competition in St. Petersburg.
UK: The French manufacturer has signed a €437.6 mln order for the delivery of ten Aventra EMUs of 90 cars. These will be used for passenger service on the 117 km Elizabeth line in the London metropolitan area.
Russia: The single-car LRV was presented in Barnaul on Russia Day, 12 June. Soyuz Group’s establishing its own production of trams was announced last year.
