Bulgaria: The Ministry of Transport calls for bids for a total of €1.4 bln VAT excluded. Winners of four tenders will be expected to supply 35 single-deck and 7 double-deck EMUs, 20 push-pull trains, and 18 shunting locomotives.
31 May 2023
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Transport calls for bids for a total of €1.4 bln VAT excluded. Winners of four tenders will be expected to supply 35 single-deck and 7 double-deck EMUs, 20 push-pull trains, and 18 shunting locomotives.
Russia: Earlier, the operator asked the Commercial Court of Moscow to impose a RUB 29.6 mln (€330,000) penalty.
Turkiye: The national operator TCDD received the first two five-car trains after TSI certification.
Russia: The national railway operator filed an application to the Commercial Court of Moscow. The session is scheduled for 22 May.
Netherlands: NS national operator has started the final test phase of one five-car and one eight-car vehicle. A gradual launch of a 79-train fleet is expected to begin on domestic lines in December.
India: The tender of Indian Railways is over with a consortium of TMH and local RVNL selected as the winning bidder to deliver 120 Vande Bharat trains. The second batch of 80 EMUs is to be executed by Titagarh Wagons and BHEL.
France: The running gear is being developed for a prototype of the Leger low-floor battery-powered two-car train, which the national operator plans to launch on the country's low-density lines in 2029.
Russia: A train operator controlled two Lastochka EMUs one-by-one and via 4G from the traffic control centre of the MCC urban rail system.
China: According to the producer’s annual report, revenues from the segment fell by almost 30% in 2022 compared to CNY 41 bln ($6.4 bln) in 2021.