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Italy: The recently established joint venture Innoway Trieste signed up an agreement to reindustrialise Wärtsilä’s former marine diesel engine plant.
Italy: In 2026, the Italian city will begin receiving LRVs with a length of 35.5 m and a maximum speed of 70 km/h.
Efforts to increase train speeds continue unabated, with new countries, such as Russia, joining the exclusive club of manufacturers.
Italy: The city public transport operator AMT has received the first four-car trainset produced at the manufacturer’s plant in Pistoia.
Brief overview of key events and news in the urban rail transport market.
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 rail rolling stock markets.
Italy: The locomotive manufacturer, CRRC’s subsidiary in Germany, has signed a contract to supply eight DE 18 shunting locomotives.
Italy: The first out of 20 four-axle vehicles ordered in 2022 was delivered to the freight operator Mercitalia Rail, part of the national railway company FS.