Austria: Two 11-car sets have begun passenger operations between Vienna and Villach.
France: The eight-car trainset built by Alstom in 1995 has been refurbished, with its service life extended by four years. It took seven weeks to conduct the works at the national operator’s depot near Paris.
Poland: The four-car set of the new Regio 200 platform was presented at the Polish manufacturer's plant in Bydgoszcz.
Lithuania: The Swiss manufacturer and the Lithuanian passenger operator LTG Link have presented the three-car trainset at the railway station in Kaunas.
Romania, Greece: Two major projects in this direction have been announced recently in EU countries.
Poland: Pesa will be granted PLN 36.1 mln (€8.6 mln) by June. The relevant agreement has been signed with the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW).
France: Framework procurement has been announced by Île-de-France Mobilités, the transport authority for the Paris region, and national operator SNCF.
Last week the Russian government received the latest progress report on production of the trainset for the Moscow–St Petersburg high-speed line.
Malaysia: The rolling stock arrived from China at the end of last year, following a full cycle of tests at the manufacturer’s plant in Dalian. Now, one electric locomotive and two six-car trainsets are due to cover 8,000 km of test running.
