Türkiye: The rolling stock producer has released images of the interior and exterior of the future train on its website.
Italy: The locomotive manufacturer, CRRC’s subsidiary in Germany, has signed a contract to supply eight DE 18 shunting locomotives.
Ukraine: The national operator is seeking a loan of up to €300 mln from the EBRD and an investment grant of $190 mln from the US government to be provided via the World Bank.
Kazakhstan: The national operator uses 1,317 passenger coaches, 723 Talgo cars, and 108 EMU and DMU cars.
Slovakia: The country capital received Škoda’s last bidirectional five-car ForCity Plus 30T from a 10-unit batch worth €26.5 mln, ordered in May 2022.
Brief overview of key events and news in the freight rolling stock markets.
China: An eight-axle locomotive built for CHN Energy, a state-owned mining and energy company from China, to transport coal in the north of the country, was unveiled in Zhuzhou.
USA: According to the agreement, RailPulse becomes a reseller partner who is going to supply railcar owners with the IQ Series telematics system.
Finland: The radio-controlled shunting Tandem DER 150 was launched to move trains being loaded with iron sulphate on a 500 m track section, which connects a loading hall and a main line.