Russia: The plan to introduce a highly automated tram on the city routes has been recently announced by Moscow Deputy Mayor for Transport. The Moscow Department of Transportation revealed what work is being done and what the impact will be.
Russia: Last year, TMH made a record net profit of RUB 10.5 bln ($123 mln), according to IFRS statements. A year earlier, the company – for the first time since 2015 – posted losses of RUB 4.6 bln ($66 mln).
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Russia: On March 19, Chelyabinsk, Russia, saw the previously announced four-door tram by the Ust-Katav Car-building Plant (UKCP). The vehicle has been tested there since February.
Russia: Mikhail Boyko, Head of the Government Relations Department at Sinara Group, reported that at the “Railway Freight Transport: Production, Operation, Leasing, Repair” conference.
Russia: Trams with a high grade of automation will be tested on several routes, according to Interfax information agency.
Russia: The TMH plant in Novocherkassk obtained TR EAEU 001/2011 certification to produce the locomotive. The approval for mass production was secured for five years up to 2029.
Russia: This was announced by Viktor Lesh, CEO of Sinara Group, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, where the head of state gave the go-ahead for the Moscow – St. Petersburg high-speed railway project.
Russia: Aleksey Druzhinin, the head of Roszheldor, the Russian federal agency for rail transport, asserted the need for the expansion of the fire train fleet in his interview with TASS.
