Spain: This followed press reports that specifications received by CAF for the production of 31 trains indicate the dimensions which restrict the passing of vehicles through a number of tunnels.
6 March 2023
Spain: This followed press reports that specifications received by CAF for the production of 31 trains indicate the dimensions which restrict the passing of vehicles through a number of tunnels.
India: The national operator Indian Railways is planning to float a tender. Alstom, Siemens, Cummins, Hitachi Rail, BHEL, Wabtec, as well as Medha Servo Drives, took part in a detailed meeting with IR last week.
Germany: An investigation of SWR, a German public broadcasting corporation, led to allegations that the company had broken the law. Siemens denies the accusation.
UAE: The pre-production prototype operating at 200 km/h was delivered to the country for tests back in Autumn 2022. The contract has recently inked with Etihad Rail to supply 3 seven-car trains of this type.
India: This sum is allocated in the national budget for April 2023 – March 2024 while the whole budget line for the development of the railway sector totals INR 2.4 tln ($29.3 bln).
Egypt: The Russian manufacturer will provide 12-year technical support of the Russian-Hungarian passenger coaches being delivered since 2020. The agreements package is worth €430 mln totally.
Pakistan: The national operator launched a passenger train consisting of 6 newly produced and 3 refurbished coaches by CRRC on the Islamabad – Karachi route.
Russia: It is planned to certify the ES104 electric train in 2023, which will be an analogue of Lastochkas of the ES2G series, as well as to approve the ES105 bi-mode EMU which will replace the ES1P model.
UK: In January the passenger railway operator TfW put into operation the diesel FLIRT train on the Rhymney – Penarth line, and a new generation of city trains, IPEMU, entered service in the Liverpool City Region.