Israel: The national operator Israel Railways has started to take delivery of a new batch of Desiro HC partially double-deck EMUs, comprising 36 six-car sets, which will enter service within a year.
Czechia: Under an eight-year contract, the manufacturer will supply 40 trams to DPP.
UK: Between June 2021 and January 2023, the German manufacturer filed a series of claims against the award of a contract for the supply of 54 high-speed electric trains to the Alstom–Hitachi Rail joint venture.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Mexico: The two-car tram-train started operation in the southern suburbs of Mexico City on the 13 km Tren Ligero line with 18 stations.
Russia: At the end of December, the first five-car train entered service on a route between Ekaterinburg and the town of Kamensk-Uralsky, Russia. Under the current contract, Russian Railways is to receive 22 such trains, 12 of which in 2023 and 10 this year.
Germany: According to the manufacturer's report for the fiscal year 2022/23 (October–September), it received orders worth €20.6 bln. The new orders are 1.5 times more than the previous year's result, which was also a record for the company.
Saudi Arabia: Under a €500 mln contract with the Royal Commission for AlUla, the manufacturer is expected to construct this turnkey tram system.
Russia: Recently, social media channels and communities covered the transport of the first train, assembled at the end of last year, from a site of Metrowagonmash to the Aminievskoye depot in Moscow.
