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Egypt: The capital’s 56.5 km route with 22 stations was inaugurated with the participation of the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The new monorail boasts a reported daily capacity of up to 500,000 passengers.
Recent deals and tenders in the urban rail transport market.
Kazakhstan: The French manufacturer has published a detailed video on its social media channels about locomotive production at the EKZ plant in Astana. It notes that assembling one section takes two months.
Portugal: French manufacturer has finalised a contract with state operator Comboios de Portugal. The deal, worth more than €1 bln, includes the supply of 153 three-car Adessia Stream trainsets.
France, Sweden: The technology, also known as industrial origami, involves forming 3D structures from flat metal sheets by folding them along precise lines and curves using robots.
Germany, Switzerland: Nine-section Urbanliner Flexity trams from Alstom in Berlin and five-section TINA family vehicles from Stadler in Darmstadt and Basel are encountering commissioning difficulties.
France: The eight-car trainset built by Alstom in 1995 has been refurbished, with its service life extended by four years. It took seven weeks to conduct the works at the national operator’s depot near Paris.
France: Fleet of five four-car driverless rubber-tyred metro trainsets Boa began operating on the French city's Line 1 metro on 14 February.
UK: The four-coach Class 220 unit, originally built by Bombardier Transportation in 2000 (acquired by Alstom in 2021), has undergone refurbishment at the company’s Derby facility.