Portugal: A consortium involving the national CP operator has received state funding to develop three prototypes of passenger coaches by 2025. Further mass production of them is planned.
China: A nine-car train for the Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was produced at the manufacturer's site in Zhuzhou. This is the first CRRC metro rolling stock equipped with rubber-tired wheels.
China: The manufacturer as a part of the consortium has won a tender for the supply of 25 unmanned three-car trains for the Kaohsiung Metro in the Taiwan island.
Germany: A fleet of 5 trains by Alstom has started operation on the line in the Lower Saxony region. The EVB operator plans to launch 9 more vehicles by the end of 2022 and replace all diesel trains on the route.
Egypt: A Korean manufacturer jointly with the NERIC local industrial complex will produce 40 eight-car trains for the second and third lines of the capital's metro.
Russia: The national passenger rail services operator purchased almost 2,700 coaches in 2017-2021. The company plans to spend other $720 mln USD on the new coaches procurement in the next 3 years.
Russia: Manufacturers are approved to receive 8 loans from the state Industrial Development Fund to develop the previously imported components and to increase production.
USA: The CO2Rail startup is working with several universities to develop a technology to capture CO2 from the air, which is planned to be applied to a tank car refurbished for this purpose.
Finland: Following the successful completion of a six-month trial, the Operail freight operator from Estonia received approval to commission the C30-MF diesel locomotive produced together with CZ Loko.
