Russia: Proposals that will pass the competitive selection will be considered by the company for trial operation with the prospect of purchase.
6 January 2022
Russia: Proposals that will pass the competitive selection will be considered by the company for trial operation with the prospect of purchase.
Russia: Such plans were presented by the First Deputy CEO of Russian Railways Vadim Mikhailov. Meanwhile, the company is now discussing the possibility of raising funds from the National Wealth Fund (NWF) to increase the purchases volume.
UK: HAH-S, the joint venture of French and Japanese manufacturers, has signed contracts with HS2 Ltd. for the supply and maintenance of 54 high-speed EMUs worth £1.97 bln ($2.6 bln USD). The maximum speed of the EMUs should be 360 km/h.
Russia: Rosstandart approved the National Standardisation Program (NSP) for the upcoming year. As to NSP, the TK 045 "Railway Transport" plans to submit 13 drafts of the first edition standards, the TK 150 "Metro systems" - 10.
Russia: Central Exurban Passenger Company (CEPC) will receive 95 DC EMUs of 11-12 cars each. Transmashholding (TMH) will also provide maintenance of the rolling stock throughout entire life cycle.
France, Germany: CAF is to acquire the Reichshoffen plant and the intellectual property rights on the Coradia Polyvalent platform it produces, as well as a part of the Hennigsdorf site, together with the IP rights on Talent 3 trains.
USA: The funds will be provided by the Federal Transport Administration (FTA) as a part of a massive five-year $1.2 trln USD infrastructure investment plan approved by US President Joe Biden last week.