Russia: The new rolling stock was shown on 12 August to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and acting governor of the Tver region Vitaly Korolev at the TMH plant in Tver.
China: The 1.1 t capsule has hit the speed in 5.3 seconds on the one-kilometre test line, which was built last year in the province of Hubei.
Portugal: Final assembly of the first coach is under way at CP's maintenance centre in Guifões, while the bodies of the other two are taking shape at SERMEC's plant in Maia.
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Brazil: The manufacturer has demonstrated the two-car trainset for the city of Teresina on its social media accounts.
Final assembly of the Swiss manufacturer's locomotives is set to move to Canada, while in the US the company has already finished expanding its Salt Lake City plant.
Romania: The three-car 655-5 Series Regio160 train has made its maiden commercial run of 166 km from Bucharest to Brașov.
Italy: A three-car Stadler ETR.300 EMU began carrying passengers in late July on EAV's Circumvesuviana network, a 950 mm gauge system electrified at 1.5 kV DC that circles Mount Vesuvius.
Recent rolling stock introductions around the world.