Bulgaria: If the Spanish manufacturer wins a current tender, it will design the low-floor Intercity BG train on the basis of the Talgo 230.
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.
Denmark: The national operator DSB has announced the start of dynamic testing of the first 13-coach Talgo 230 train, designed to run at 200 km/h.
Spain: The manufacturer is leading a consortium of ten Spanish companies, including the infrastructure operator Adif, the engineering company Golendus and energy company Repsol.
Bulgaria: The country's Ministry of Transport and Communications will change some specifications and qualification criteria following the cancellation of three of the four tenders announced in May, which attracted virtually no interest from global manufacturers.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Spain: The national Securities Market Commission has announced that a Hungarian business group offered to take control of Talgo.
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