Finland: A subsidiary of the railway operator VR Group has developed a solution enabling the transport of 1,435 mm standard-gauge trains on Finland's broader 1,524 mm rail network.
22 January 2026
Finland: A subsidiary of the railway operator VR Group has developed a solution enabling the transport of 1,435 mm standard-gauge trains on Finland's broader 1,524 mm rail network.
USA: FreightCar America has completed the acquisition of Carly Railcar Components.
Vietnam: The country government has tasked the national operator VNR with delivering the project. A 250 ha site in the outskirts of Hanoi has been allocated for this purpose.
India: The German company has submitted documents to receive approval for the construction of a new 18.6-hectare facility in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
USA: BNSF, one of the largest freight rail operators in the United States, plans to have 34 locomotives in service with these systems, the ODIN, by the end of the year and intends to fit a further 24 units thereafter.
USA: The Czech wheel maker has registered its subsidiary Bonatrans North America and opened an office in Hornell.
Germany: The train modernisation was carried out at Alstom's Hennigsdorf plant.
Belarus: A certificate of conformity under technical regulation TR CU 001/2011 has been issued to Stadler Minsk, the Belarusian subsidiary of the Swiss rolling stock manufacturer, valid for five years.
UK: The German component manufacturer and VTG Rail UK, the British division of the leasing company, have signed an agreement for the delivery of at least 2,000 sets of the FreightControl Sentinel system.