Russia: The end of September saw the completion of the purchase of the Knorr-Bremse plant, KB 1520, in the Leningrad region. The buyer is KSC Group, one of the largest manufacturers of rolling stock components in the country.
7 December 2023
Russia: The end of September saw the completion of the purchase of the Knorr-Bremse plant, KB 1520, in the Leningrad region. The buyer is KSC Group, one of the largest manufacturers of rolling stock components in the country.
Japan: According to the Japanese passenger operator, the rolling stock is being designed together with the manufacturer Nippon Sharyo.
EAEU: The programme envisages the development of 39 standards for underground rolling stock and its components in 2024–2026.
Kazakhstan: This was announced by Nurlan Sauranbayev, CEO of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, KTZ.
France: The additive manufacturing centre for rolling stock parts has been set up at the plant in Saint-Pierre-de-Core, France.
Germany: The company unveiled its connect@rail system at the 2023 Light Rail Summit in Birmingham, UK.
Russia’s leading rolling stock manufacturer headed for self-sufficiency in the power unit sector long before the recent sanctions.
The highest grade of automation, GoA4, has become familiar for metro and monorail and will soon be adopted in other segments of railway transport.
One of the main trends in railway transport in recent years is replacing diesel engines with alternative ones. As all major manufacturers are responsive to market demands, they develop rolling stock on alternative traction.