Germany: The first locomotive-hauled set from Deutsche Bahn's fleet began operating on the Copenhagen–Hamburg route over the weekend. The launch comes two years later than originally planned.
China: A new luxury tourist train named Rainbow Clouds of the South: Kunming set off on its maiden 10-day journey between the two countries on 3 December.
South Korea: Rolling stock manufacturer Hyundai Rotem has completed the first high-speed train for Uzbekistan, marking the company’s first-ever export order for high-speed rolling stock.
Recent deals and tenders in the passenger rolling stock markets.
Russia: The TMH plant in Tver has been awarded a certificate of conformity under the Customs Union Technical Regulation TR CU 001/2011.
UK: Last week, the first five-car Aurora train entered passenger service on the route between Sheffield and London.
Kazakhstan: The new rolling stock has been demonstrated at the plant in Astana.
USA: Alstom has unveiled a full-scale mock-up of the interior layout of its new train for the US state of Connecticut.
France: A two-axle prototype manufactured at Socofer's facility in Tours is bound for testing in Centre-Val de Loire.
