Estonia: The low-floor Twist tram started operation on a 11.5 km tram line 2.
EU: So says Railtarget, citing the report, received from the partnership of major operators and rolling stock manufacturers, Europe’s Rail.
Estonia: Märt Ehrenpreis, the Chief Technology Officer at the passenger operator Elron, reported to the media that a 6,000 km trial operation is scheduled to begin in July.
EU: The German-based rail consultancy estimates 2023 deliveries of intercity and night trains in continental Europe at €570 mln and locomotives at €90 mln.
Estonia: The low-floor tram was produced at the plant in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
EU: The goal is to commence equipping the entire European freight fleet of 500,000 cars with digital automatic coupling, DAC, in 2028, despite criticism.
EU: GATX Rail Europe has announced that all leasing contracts will include the Basic Telematics Package to track the location of railcars online at no additional cost from March.
Czechia: The three-car trainset was assembled at the Skoda production plant in Ostrava, Czechia, and shipped to another plant in Pilsen for testing on a nearly one km test track.
EU: According to the Israeli company, its Main Line is now certified to comply with key EU railway standards.
