USA: The $154 mln contract with the regional operator Metra Commuter Rail covers the supply of eight two-car trainsets.
28 February 2024
USA: The $154 mln contract with the regional operator Metra Commuter Rail covers the supply of eight two-car trainsets.
Just ten years after Elon Musk presented the ide, one of the main companies that decided to make it happen was forced to cease operations. However, other start-ups around the world continue to develop the concept.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Bulgaria: The Chinese train maker is the target of an investigation by the European Commission, the results of which are due to be published by 2 July.
Spain: According to the Spanish Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Oscar Puente, the manufacturer will start assembling the first ten trains at the Gipuzkoa plant on 26 February.
Russia: According to Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev, 28 trains will be bought in the first phase of the Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway construction.
Turkiye: The national operator TCDD plans to purchase 115 mainline and eight shunting locomotives, 56 electric trains and 49 passenger coaches.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Russia: The plans were announced by Ivan Kolesnikov, Deputy Manager Director of Russian Railways, at the final meeting of the board of the national operator.