UK: A prototype of such transport has begun carrying passengers on a 220 m demonstration line in the city of Coventry.
UK: Transport for Wales, TfW, has commenced testing the first three-car Class 398 tram-train on the 170 km Valley line.
UK: The FreightControl Sentinel system has been installed on the JPA cement tank cars, operated by Heidelberg Materials UK, the British division of the German company.
UK: The Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado, produced in 2008 by the local A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, has been successfully tested on the Cambrian line in Wales.
UK: The passenger operator Arriva Group and the manufacturer have signed a contract for the delivery of nine five-car trainsets with 10 years of maintenance service.
UK: The project has been implemented by Vanguard STS, a spin out company from the University of Birmingham, at the Severn Valley Railway depot in Kidderminster.
UK: The US holding company plans to close its Doncaster Works by the end of the year.
UK: The national passenger operator Northern has started preliminary consultations to acquire 450 trains.
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