Russia: It is designed for trains operating at the third level of automation, GoA3, the last stage before fully driverless operation.
23 August 2026
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Russia: It is designed for trains operating at the third level of automation, GoA3, the last stage before fully driverless operation.
Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture's newly-elected governor, Yasutomo Suzuki, and passenger operator JR Central have signed an agreement setting out the environmental protection measures required to resume construction of the Tokyo–Nagoya maglev line.
India: Manufacturer Rail Coach Factory, part of national operator Indian Railways, has built a 19-coach rake at its Kapurthala plant. The coaches have been tailored to Bangladesh Railway’s requirements.
Russia: The new rolling stock was shown on 12 August to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and acting governor of the Tver region Vitaly Korolev at the TMH plant in Tver.
China: The 1.1 t capsule has hit the speed in 5.3 seconds on the one-kilometre test line, which was built last year in the province of Hubei.
Portugal: Final assembly of the first coach is under way at CP's maintenance centre in Guifões, while the bodies of the other two are taking shape at SERMEC's plant in Maia.
Contracts and deals in the passenger rolling stock markets.
Brazil: The manufacturer has demonstrated the two-car trainset for the city of Teresina on its social media accounts.
Final assembly of the Swiss manufacturer's locomotives is set to move to Canada, while in the US the company has already finished expanding its Salt Lake City plant.