Latvia: The local manufacturer has entered into additional agreement on their contract for the supply of 32 four-car trains for the passenger operator AS Pasažieru vilciens, which was signed in 2019.
Italy: Ironbox, a start-up company developing post-wheel technologies, tested a proprietary technology, Ironlev, on a two km section of the existing route between Adria and Mestre, Italy.
Switzerland: According to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the tests announced in summer 2023 are completed successfully.
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.
USA: The six-axle 2,400 kW SD40JR locomotive undergoes final tests at the MxV Rail centre in Pueblo, US.
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.
