USA: A fleet of 20 three-car trams has entered revenue service on two lines. The trial is to be finished within two weeks, while currently they will run together with high-floor U2A, supplied by Siemens in the 1980–90s.
Belarus: By the end of the year, the Belkommunmash plant is expected to produce 20 low-floor T811 trams for the capital.
Sweden: This five-car Flexity tram is expected to begin trials in the near future. The vehicle is 45 m long and is capable of accommodating 319 passengers.
Russia: The dedicated assembly shop has been opened at the TMH plant in St. Petersburg.
Key news and contracts in the urban rail transport market.
Switzerland: The company has developed a new communication-based train control system, NOVA Pro GoA4-Depot.
Estonia: The low-floor Twist tram started operation on a 11.5 km tram line 2.
The Government of Moscow launched an information platform UrbanTransportData a year ago. Last week, its current functionality was presented at the International Transport Summit, attended by 107 experts from 24 countries.
China: The shunting and rescue vehicle for metro tunnels made its debut at the International Metro Transit Exhibition & Forum, Beijing-Nanjing.
