Bulgarian Railways refurbishes passenger coaches
BDŽ Putnicheski Prevozi, a passenger branch of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDŽ), is upgrading its fleet. The rail operator has already refurbished 25 passenger coaches. By the year’s end, the company will be modernising 15...Read more
PKP Intercity invests in dining cars
Polish rolling stock manufacturer H. Cegielski–Poznań will convert 10 passenger coaches owned by the rail operator PKP Intercity into the dining cars. The deal costs more than 14.15 million Euros. The project is a part...Read more
Pesa to deliver more Swing trams to Sofia
Pesa has signed a contract with Sofia Public Electrical Transport Company, the tram and trolleybus operator in the capital of Bulgaria. The Polish rolling stock manufacturer will supply 13 low-floor trams of the Swing family...Read more
Transmashholding to produce 3,730 passenger cars for Russian Railways
Transmashholding has concluded a deal for the delivery of 3,730 passenger cars to Federal Passenger Company, subsidiary of Russian Railways. The coaches will be produced by Tver Carriage Works (TVZ), part of Transmashholding, and delivered...Read more
CAF wins new order in Australia
The Momentum Trains consortium led by Spanish company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) will design, manufacture and provide maintenance of the new regional fleet for passenger service in New South Wales (NSW). The total...Read more
Ricardo to examine first UK hybrid train
British engineering company Ricardo will oversee the conversion of the Class 170 ‘Turbostar’ diesel multiple unit into the first UK hybrid vehicle. The train will be equipped with MTU Hybrid PowerPacks that combines diesel and...Read more
Hyundai to deliver 213 trams to Warsaw
Tramwaje Warszawskie, the municipal operator of the tramway system in Warsaw, has chosen the supplier for the largest order in its history. The South Korean manufacturer Hyundai Rotem will supply 213 low-floor trams to the...Read more
ZSSK upgrades its fleet with home-produced trains
Slovak national passenger operator Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) invests in upgrading its fleet. The company has already ordered 25 electric multiple units for 160 million Euros and 21 diesel trainsets for 71 million Euros. The...Read more
Siemens to deliver more trams to Texas
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) has ordered 14 low-floor trams for the light rail system in Houston, Texas. After finalising the deal, the number of S70 Siemens-made trams on the Houston streets...Read more
Škoda finalises 250-tram supply to Prague
Škoda Transportation Group has delivered the 250th ForCity Alfa low-floor tram to Prague. The Czech manufacturer finalised the long-term order to Prague Public Transit Company (DPP) in 2005. The first tram of this type became...Read more
23 Talgo-made trains for Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has ordered 23 new long-distance trains to be produced by the Spanish manufacturer Talgo. The deal is worth 550 million Euros and includes an option for ordering another 77 trainsets. The first train...Read more
‘Berlin-Munich connection a good example for fast Berlin-Amsterdam service’
The rail connection between Berlin and Munich is a fine example of a fast train service between Amsterdam and Berlin, says Jean Koulischer from Alstom, which supplies ERTMS systems for the high-speed trains on the...Read more
Russian Railways to purchase new railbuses for Sakhalin
Russian Railways considers the acquisition of three type RA-3 brand new railbuses to run on the Sakhalin regauged network. The first vehicle is expected to be delivered to the island in autumn. The procurement is...Read more