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Russia: Visualisations of the first and second floor interiors were presented in handout materials by the Ust-Katav Car-Building Plant at the INNOPROM exhibition.
Czech Republic: The certification of the six-car Avelia Stream Nordic (formerly the Zefiro Express) is carried out at the VUZ Test Centre in Velim.
Brazil: The four-car trainset has commenced passenger service in test mode on a section of Line 2.
Russia: Wagon designers from Russia's Ural region, where the plant is located, have long led the way in wagon-building technology, and UVZ's engineering school is internationally recognised. That breakthrough, innovative streak hasn't faded — it's still driving the plant today.
China: New Taipei City has begun trial passenger operation of the 14.3 km Sanying MRT line, which serves 12 stations. Trains currently run every 6 minutes at peak times and every 8 minutes off-peak.
Kazakhstan: TEXOL Group has opened an Independent Research and Testing Centre (INTC) within its Texol Industrial wagon-building cluster in Atyrau.
UK: Green Signals podcast host Richard Bowker visited the site of the UK's last remaining independent wagon builder.
Russia: Rail vehicle manufacturing remains the DM-185's main proving ground, and it's a core business of Sinara Transport Machines.
Germany: The Polish manufacturer has officially closed the transaction and acquired 100% of the German company’s shares.