Spain, Sweden: The four-car trainset has arrived at Moerdijk, a port in the Netherlands, en route to the VUZ Velim test centre in the Czech Republic.
Kazakhstan: At a briefing held last week, the Kazakh Minister of Industry and Construction, Kanat Sharlapaev, announced the current level that has been reached.
Vietnam: The Metropolis trains have been in trial operation since 8 August. They travel an 8.5 km elevated section of Line 3, which includes eight stations. The full-scale launch into revenue service is scheduled for September.
ROLLINGSTOCK Agency has compared the price for the TMH Moscow trains currently supplied to the Russian capital with the contractual terms of new agreements signed by the capitals of Bulgaria and Georgia.
UK: The leasing company VTG Rail UK delivered a batch of 34 F07C hoppers to Mendip Rail. Under the contract dated March 2023, a total of 203 such hoppers are to be supplied by May 2025.
Key news and contracts in the light rail vehicle market.
South Korea: The municipality of Daejeon has awarded the South Korean manufacturer a tender for 34 H2 trams.
Poland: Four three-car Impuls 2 (36WEh) trains, capable of running on either catenary or a Stage V diesel engine, have commenced operation on a route between Gdynia and Kartuzy.
Russia: The city administration says that the single-car trams are to be finally assembled at the BKM-Sibir plant, a JV of the Belarusian producer and the Novosibirsk region.
