Turkey: The plans of the TCDD national railway operator to procure rolling stock from the state-owned Türasaş were announced during the General assembly of the country's parliament.
Since 2002, Transmashholding (TMH) has gone through the consolidation of disparate production sites to the standing as one of the technological leaders in the world rolling stock market.
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Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan: The Kyrgyz temir jolu operator unveiled a modernized passenger coach. At the same time, Uzbek Orient Metal presented the first container flatcar of its own production.
USA: The national passenger operator showed the press one of three trains currently undergoing operational testing in the country. The rolling stock is assembled in the USA, 95% of all components come from American suppliers.
Poland: In September, FPS will present the Plus hybrid train, powered by a diesel engine and batteries, at InnoTrans and plans to participate with it in the Polregio tender for 200 trains.
Belarus: The national railway operator has put into operation the last EPm FLIRT EMU under a contract for the supply of 10 trains of this series. The vehicle was produced at the Stadler Minsk plant, which activities are now limited due to sanctions.
Kazakhstan: Together with the production site, the manufacturer will receive an order for 500 units of rolling stock. The financial aspects of the deal are now being discussed, although the tender has been going on since 2020.
Switzerland: The manufacturer won the tender for the supply of up to 510 FLIRT trains for the SBB operator and its two subsidiaries back in October 2021. However, the contract was not awarded then due to Alstom's complaint.
Egypt: Siemens Mobility in a joint venture has signed a contract for the construction and maintenance for the country's 2,000 km HSR network including the rolling stock deliveries.
