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Austria: Liebherr-Transportation Systems, a rail system and component manufacturer, has entered into a contract with the Swiss car builder for the delivery of 80 HVAC systems. This represents the first serial order that Liebherr has received for such equipment.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Austria: The first two prototype freight cars with modular bodies were delivered to the steelworks voestalpine early in June.
EU: The German-based rail consultancy estimates 2023 deliveries of intercity and night trains in continental Europe at €570 mln and locomotives at €90 mln.
Brief overview of key events and news in the passenger rolling stock markets.
Austria: OBB-Infrastruktur, an Austrian infrastructure subsidiary of OBB, has placed an order with the Swiss manufacturer for 18 such trains with a total value of €230 mln.
Austria: The group increased its stake from 40% to 61.4%. Two other shareholders, Voestalpine, an Austrian steel producer, and RCG, a freight operator subsidiary of OBB, reduced their stakes to 31% and 7.6% respectively.
EU: The goal is to commence equipping the entire European freight fleet of 500,000 cars with digital automatic coupling, DAC, in 2028, despite criticism.
EU: GATX Rail Europe has announced that all leasing contracts will include the Basic Telematics Package to track the location of railcars online at no additional cost from March.