Italy: The Italian manufacturer is now completing the homologation of the APLA100-e two-axle machine at its Monopoli facility.
Italy: The revelation came from Gianluigi Aponte, founder and owner of one of the world’s largest container operators, during a meeting with officials in Genoa.
Italy: It cost €1.8 mln for Lombardy’s regional passenger operators Trenord and FNM to refurbish a four-car train, increasing its service life to ten years.
EU: The companies have already signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of a part of Hitachi Rail STS.
EU: According to the Israeli company, its Main Line is now certified to comply with key EU railway standards.
Italy: The Turkish manufacturer has been selected to supply ten bi-directional low-floor trams to Naples, Italy, with an option for a further ten.
Italy: According to the German company, the components will be installed on new metro trains in the coming weeks.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
The company recently announced that it had produced its 150,000th 3D-printed part. Aurelien Fussel, head of additive manufacturing at Alstom, who has been leading development in this field for eight years, talked about the possibilities and prospects of 3D printing.
