Germany: A fleet of four 3-car GoA2 trains with automated start-up, acceleration, braking and stopping functions has been put into commercial operation on a section of the S-Bahn urban rail system in Hamburg.
30 September 2022
Germany: A fleet of four 3-car GoA2 trains with automated start-up, acceleration, braking and stopping functions has been put into commercial operation on a section of the S-Bahn urban rail system in Hamburg.
Germany, Austria: Talgo showed the first ICE L train coach for Deutsche Bahn. In turn, Siemens Mobility presented the interior of a new generation of Viaggio coaches for OBB.
France: The manufacturer showed a coupler of the head and double-deck passenger cars. From 2024, they should start replacing 3rd generation Duplex trains as part of the TGV service.
Portugal: A consortium involving the national CP operator has received state funding to develop three prototypes of passenger coaches by 2025. Further mass production of them is planned.
Germany: A fleet of 5 trains by Alstom has started operation on the line in the Lower Saxony region. The EVB operator plans to launch 9 more vehicles by the end of 2022 and replace all diesel trains on the route.
Russia: The national passenger rail services operator purchased almost 2,700 coaches in 2017-2021. The company plans to spend other $720 mln USD on the new coaches procurement in the next 3 years.
Russia: Manufacturers are approved to receive 8 loans from the state Industrial Development Fund to develop the previously imported components and to increase production.
Russia: The publication includes materials about new rolling stock and components by TMH, the experience of locomotive delivery for Nornickel, the results of the TMH: New Vision acceleration program and much more.
Russia: The R&D Institute of Russian Railways is integrating diagnostic telematics devices in 9 ED4M trains. Also, the project of the VNIIZhT computer vision system for track machines reached the final of the New Link competition.