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Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
USA: Representatives from the Guinness World Records witnessed the record at the test track in Pueblo, USA.
Poland: This is the opinion of participants of the European Rolling Stock Forum held in Warsaw on 13 March, according to the Rynek Kolejowy.
Uzbekistan: This was announced during the recent visit of the country’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to a site of the national operator O‘zbekiston temir yo‘llari in Tashkent.
UK: The French company has applied to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to provide passenger services in England and Wales in partnership with SLC Rail, a rail consultancy.
Spain: The Ministry of Transport and Mobility uncovered weaknesses in coordination between the infrastructure operator Adif, the national operator Renfe as a customer and the train manufacturer CAF as a supplier.
Japan: The seven-car trainset started operation on the 403 km line connecting Tokyo and the city of Shinjō in the northern part of Honshu island. It was first unveiled last February.
India: The company has unveiled renderings of the proposed exterior and interior of trains to be built for national operator Indian Railways.
India: The national operator reports the new batch of the second-generation trains starting revenue service on ten intercity routes on 12 March.