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Serbia, Hungary: At the end of February, the first mainline Bison locomotive hauled a 20-tank wagon consist on the upgraded Belgrade–Budapest line.
Austria, USA: According to the EU Official Journal TED, the rolling stock has been procured by the freight operator Rail Cargo Austria without tendering, due to the originality of the technology.
The salt wagons run from Koper (Slovenia) and Ebensee am Traunsee (Austria) to the chemical company Donau Chemie's site in Brückl (Austria).
Hungary: The freight operator Rail Cargo Hungaria, RCH, part of OBB, Austria, has received approval to operate two Class 461 hybrid locomotives on the public network.
Austria: The first two prototype freight cars with modular bodies were delivered to the steelworks voestalpine early in June.
Hungary: The global leader in the rolling stock market has signed respective agreements with Acemil, Hungary, as part of Xi Jinping’s visit to the country.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Austria: The project has been implemented by the freight operator since 2019 together with the A1 mobile operator and is aimed at equipping up to 12,000 freight cars with SmartCargo telematics devices.
EU: A train with two selected coupling technologies from Dellner and Voith is now running in trial mode across Europe. It is planned to be shown at the InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin in September.