USA: The manufacturers bidding to supply rolling stock for the high-speed line between Los Angeles and Las Vegas have notified the US Federal Railway Administration.
9 January 2024
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USA: The manufacturers bidding to supply rolling stock for the high-speed line between Los Angeles and Las Vegas have notified the US Federal Railway Administration.
Bulgaria: The country's Ministry of Transport and Communications will change some specifications and qualification criteria following the cancellation of three of the four tenders announced in May, which attracted virtually no interest from global manufacturers.
Russia: Oleg Toni, deputy general director of Russian Railways, announced plans to introduce an automatic train operation system in rolling stock under development.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Netherlands: All of the bidders selected by the passenger transport operator refused to submit a bid, leading Arriva to cancel the tender.
Indonesia: The two-car train was produced this year by the local manufacturer PT Inka for the Madiun State Polytechnic university, which offers a railway engineering programme.
UK: The leasing company Eversholt Rail and the engineering company Transport Design International, TDI, have signed a contract for three such pre-production vehicles for trial operation.
Indonesia: Two trains with a carbody of stainless steel have entered into commercial operation between Jakarta and Surakarta.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.