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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.

Egypt: The Ministry of Transport and NERIC signed a protocol with the manufacturer to work out the possibility of creating a production site and producing there the first batch of 500 passenger coaches.

Croatia: HŽPP has awarded Končar a contract to supply 7 DMUs of 7023 series. Since 2011, Končar has produced 39 trains for HŽPP, including 5 such diesel multiple units and 34 electric trains of 6112 series.

Thailand: KMITL engineers plan to finish building a coach prototype next year. It is stated that the level of its localization will be 40%, and it will be 30% cheaper than imported analogues.

India: In July, the national railway company launched a tender for the supply of 200 Vande Bharat trains of fourth generation and extended the receipt of applications for 200 Vande Bharat EMUs of third generation.