Ghana: Two two-car Regio160 trains started to run on the country’s first 1,435 mm gauge line.
2 December 2024
Ghana: Two two-car Regio160 trains started to run on the country’s first 1,435 mm gauge line.
Germany: The six-car train was unveiled to the customer’s delegation, the national operator Norske tog, at a plant in Saltzgitter, Germany.
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Russia: A Chelyabinsk-based subsidiary of Transneft, Russian Electric Motors (RED), has completed testing of the prototype TAD330 asynchronous traction motors.
Russia: The TMH plant in Tver has been granted the TR CU 001/2011 certificate for serial production of the new bogies.
Netherlands: CAF said they had completed a five-year test programme in cooperation with the Dutch national operator, NS. The tests were conducted on a CAF Sprinter EMU.
UK: The passenger operator of Transport for Wales, TfW, launched the first trains on a partially electrified line, which connects Cardiff with Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil.
Russia: According to the plant’s parent company Sinara Group, the acceptance and homologation tests on the VNIIZhT railway research institute’s test track are scheduled to be undertaken till late March 2025.
Germany: Since announcing the tender last December, the national operator has not received any bid, as the T-Online news portal sites Deutsche Bahn’s spokesperson.