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Key news and contracts in the rolling stock market.
Spain, Sweden: The four-car trainset has arrived at Moerdijk, a port in the Netherlands, en route to the VUZ Velim test centre in the Czech Republic.
Kazakhstan: At a briefing held last week, the Kazakh Minister of Industry and Construction, Kanat Sharlapaev, announced the current level that has been reached.
Poland: Four three-car Impuls 2 (36WEh) trains, capable of running on either catenary or a Stage V diesel engine, have commenced operation on a route between Gdynia and Kartuzy.
India: The cancellation of the contract was confirmed by Olivier Loison, MD, Alstom India, in an interview with the Moneycontrol portal. According to him, Alstom will be ready to take part in a new tender.
Tanzania: Two pairs of trains now operate on the 440 km rail link between Dar es Salaam and Dodoma.
China: The four-car train was unveiled at the Chinese producer’s plant this summer.
Germany: The 2 two-car battery-electric trains have been transporting workers of the components and electric car plant in Berlin-Brandenburg since 7 August. The vehicles run in multiple as a single BEMU.
USA: Two seven-car trainsets have commenced passenger service on an 82 km line between San Francisco and San Jose.