France, Romania: The manufacturers is taken to court for delaying the delivery of 27 Metropolis trains to Lille, and 13 metro trains to Bucharest.
Austria: The contract with the local leasing company ELL includes a firm part for 60 locomotives of various traction types for passenger and freight service with deliveries starting in 2025.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Thailand: In November, four-car trains started travelling in test mode at 80 km/h on the Pink Line, which runs for 34.5 km, serving a total of 30 stations.
Russia: Central Exurban Passenger Company, CEPC, has published its three tenders for eleven-car DC trains on the government procurement portal.
Morocco: The Moroccan national operator, Groupe ONCF, has published a MAD 16 bln ($1.6 bln) tender for 150 regional and 18 high-speed trains.
Russia: As PC Transport Systems, PC TS, told ROLLINGSTOCK, it will be fulfilling orders with different terms and for trams with different numbers of cars in 2024.
Portugal: Under the terms of the contract with the state passenger operator Comboios de Portugal, CP, the manufacturer will supply 117 trains for €819 mln.
Italy: The Japanese manufacturer plans to produce a EuroMasaccio regional train by 2027.
