Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
USA: Lori Kahikina, executive director and CEO of HART, said this as she reviewed the first six months of operation of the Skyline light rail system. She described the figures as “unheard of” for public transport.
USA: Hyundai Rotem has won a tender announced by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, LACMTA, to supply 91 two-car metro trains.
USA: The railcar manufacturer based these estimates on the results of its first fiscal quarter, which ended last November.
USA: OptiFuel Systems has announced the development of a 4,100 kW locomotive powered by renewable natural gas (RNG) from bio-waste with a specially designed 1,850 kW tender with a 28 m3 DGE capacity.
USA: The rail technology company and the leasing company have signed a strategic agreement to install ZTR’s railcar remote monitoring solution, PIVOT, on GATX's North American fleet.
USA: The BART metro administration forecasts such a cost reduction to be achieved through a higher pace of supplying the cars and a greater involvement of its experienced staff in the engineering works.
USA: The Innovia APM 300R car with an aluminium body is designed for an automated transport system of Denver International Airport, DEN.
USA: The Avelia Liberty high-speed train has finally passed an extended series of computer modelling tests, and the Federal Railroad Administration has allowed it to begin testing on the tracks between Washington, D.C., and Boston.