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Recent deals and tenders in the passenger rolling stock market.
Denmark: Swedish design agency Propeller has released a rendering of the future four-car trains.
Romania: The country’s Railway Reform Authority, ARF, has awarded Siemens Mobility the contract worth RON 1.6 bln (€317.3 mln), excluding VAT.
USA: Siemens Mobility has inaugurated its second rolling stock manufacturing facility in the United States, located in Lexington, North Carolina.
Contracts and deals in the locomotive markets.
Germany: Last week, the electric freight locomotives were shipped at the Port of Hamburg. The batch is expected to arrive in Alexandria by late February.
The German and Polish manufacturers have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at deepening their cooperation in the Polish railway market.
Canada: The rolling stock was unveiled in early January at a maintenance centre in Toronto.
The European Union Agency for Railways has granted approval for Siemens Mobility’s Vectron MS locomotives to operate at a maximum speed of 230 km/h in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland.