Spain: The German leasing company has ordered rolling stock from Tatravagonka, Slovakia. The new flatcars can operate on both 1,435 mm and 1,668 mm gauge tracks.
Just ten years after Elon Musk presented the ide, one of the main companies that decided to make it happen was forced to cease operations. However, other start-ups around the world continue to develop the concept.
Spain: According to the Spanish Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Oscar Puente, the manufacturer will start assembling the first ten trains at the Gipuzkoa plant on 26 February.
Spain: The company has notified the Spanish stock market regulator CNMV of its plans to buy all the shares in the manufacturer for €632 mln, or €5 per share.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
EU: According to the Israeli company, its Main Line is now certified to comply with key EU railway standards.
Spain: The manufacturer is leading a consortium of ten Spanish companies, including the infrastructure operator Adif, the engineering company Golendus and energy company Repsol.
The company recently announced that it had produced its 150,000th 3D-printed part. Aurelien Fussel, head of additive manufacturing at Alstom, who has been leading development in this field for eight years, talked about the possibilities and prospects of 3D printing.
Spain: The national Securities Market Commission has announced that a Hungarian business group offered to take control of Talgo.