UK: The two ten-car Class 701 Aventra trains came into service between London and Windsor.
France: This year, during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Urbanloop is to transport passengers between a car parking and a fan zone on a two km line in Montigny-le-Bretonneux.
USA: The North Carolina Department of Transportation has demanded CATS, the Charlotte Area Transit System, to decommission some of the partially low-floor three-car S70 trams by the German manufacturer.
Russia: Over the next month, the vehicle built by Ural Locomotives, a subsidiary of Sinara–Transport Machines, will undergo tests with an electric traction laboratory that will record its actual tractive effort.
Israel: The national operator Israel Railways has started to take delivery of a new batch of Desiro HC partially double-deck EMUs, comprising 36 six-car sets, which will enter service within a year.
Czechia: Under an eight-year contract, the manufacturer will supply 40 trams to DPP.
UK: Between June 2021 and January 2023, the German manufacturer filed a series of claims against the award of a contract for the supply of 54 high-speed electric trains to the Alstom–Hitachi Rail joint venture.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Mexico: The two-car tram-train started operation in the southern suburbs of Mexico City on the 13 km Tren Ligero line with 18 stations.