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.
India: The company has unveiled renderings of the proposed exterior and interior of trains to be built for national operator Indian Railways.
India: The national operator reports the new batch of the second-generation trains starting revenue service on ten intercity routes on 12 March.
USA: Within public hearings, representatives of numerous trade unions urged the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to reject or at least restrict the tests of the new self-propelled rolling stock technology, planned to be conducted in Georgia.
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.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Austria: The company declared that its products are compatible with fuel based on hydrogenated vegetable oil, HVO100.
Germany, Egypt: The eight-car trainset is being assembled at the company’s plant in Krefeld, Germany.
Kenya: 230 of these flatcars will serve the Mombasa–Nairobi Line functioning from 2017.
