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China: The city of Foshan has suspended the operation of five three-car trams powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
Russia: According to the Moscow Department of Transportation, the second stage of testing of the vehicle has commenced.
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.