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Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
USA: Hyundai Rotem has won a tender announced by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, LACMTA, to supply 91 two-car metro trains.
Kazakhstan: By the end of 2023, Kazakhstan's national operator had received 112 locomotives, 102 passenger cars, and 242 gondola cars.
Germany: The company says it has completed the acquisition of Reuschling in Hattingen, which specialises in the maintenance, scheduled and unscheduled repair and refurbishment of shunting locomotives.
Poland: The plant in Osielsko, a satellite town of Bydgoszcz, Poland, has grown to 1,000 m², of which 720 m² are production facilities.
Czechia: The private operator RegioJet has started a four-month trial of the Sirius EMUs on the route between Kolín and Ústí nad Labem. The second train is reportedly parked in a depot in case the first one breaks down.
Australia: A batch of six six-axle GT46C-ACe Gen II diesel locomotives has arrived at the Port of Newcastle from the US plant in Muncie.
Russia: Following the tests at the Moscow–Usovo test centre, TMH-IS reported that the computer vision system had demonstrated its ability to detect objects, determine the distance to them and make decisions based on this data.
Belarus, Russia: This year, the Belarusian manufacturer plans to unveil the first of 26 such trams, the T856.