France: The six-car train started trial operation in semi-automatic mode on the first section of Line 15, which will serve all the Paris suburbs.
France, Romania: The manufacturers is taken to court for delaying the delivery of 27 Metropolis trains to Lille, and 13 metro trains to Bucharest.
France: The manufacturer has unveiled a double-deck train for the private operator Transdev.
France: The additive manufacturing centre for rolling stock parts has been set up at the plant in Saint-Pierre-de-Core, France.
France: A partially double-deck six-car EMU has been launched on a line between Paris and its suburbs.
EU: Over 2,500 Traxx locomotives have been sold across Europe, North America, Africa, and Central and South Asia, Alstom says.
The highest grade of automation, GoA4, has become familiar for metro and monorail and will soon be adopted in other segments of railway transport.
One of the main trends in railway transport in recent years is replacing diesel engines with alternative ones. As all major manufacturers are responsive to market demands, they develop rolling stock on alternative traction.
EU: The Association of European Rolling Stock Lessors, AERRL, has published the first part of a study of such diesel alternatives as biofuel, biomethane, ammonia, batteries, and hydrogen in rail transport.
