6+
Canada: An improper state of infrastructure has been the root cause for the accelerated wear of the Citadis Spirit trams’ bogie components and their consequent failure.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Russia: As pointed by the manufacturer, the vehicle will be used for operations at the largest in Russia iron ore mining and processing facility Mikhailovsky GOK.
Russia: The manufacturer has announced that a large-scale three-year project to automate the welding campus at its plant in Tver has come to an end.
France: According to the Japanese company, the merger enables to expand its presence to 51 countries and increase its workforce from 15,000 to 24,000 employees.
Spain: The Spanish business media El Economista reports that negotiations are underway as the investment foundation CriteriaCaixa plans to engage the Czech manufacturer as a potential manufacturing partner.
Russia: This objective is included into the plant’s (a subsidiary of Sinara – Transport Machines, STM, Russia) investment plan presented at the conference that took place at the Ural Locomotives site.
Germany: The four-car train was presented to the media at the plant in Salzgitter, Germany, where another three vehicles are being assembled.
China: The four-car train is manufactured at the local CRRC plant. Its maximum operational speed is 160 km/h and the passenger capacity is 420 people.