Kazakhstan: The manufacturer is to supply 537 passenger coaches for the KTZ national operator. The deal is claimed to be worth €2.3 bln.
21 December 2022
Kazakhstan: The manufacturer is to supply 537 passenger coaches for the KTZ national operator. The deal is claimed to be worth €2.3 bln.
Poland: The production moved from Stadler’s site in Fanipol to Siedlce in Poland due to the sanctions pressure on Belarus.
Russia: The plant has prepared a development plan, which should allow to increase the new electric trains as well as high-speed trains production by more than 35%.
Italy: The Invitalia state investment agency and a private fund from the UAE have capitalized Titagarh Firema for the development of production aimed both at Italian and international markets.
Portugal: A consortium involving the national CP operator has received state funding to develop three prototypes of passenger coaches by 2025. Further mass production of them is planned.
Russia: Manufacturers are approved to receive 8 loans from the state Industrial Development Fund to develop the previously imported components and to increase production.
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.
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.