Transmashholding to develop first Russian hybrid locomotive
Russian rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding intends to develop its own hybrid locomotive. The vehicle will be able to power with both diesel engine and lithium-ion batteries. A hybrid locomotive will be created in a partnership...Read more
Transmashholding supplies 30 sleeping cars to Belarus
Tver Carriage Works (TVZ), part of Transmashholding, will construct and deliver 30 sleeping wagons for Belarusian Railway. The first cars will be supplied in June. The deal should be accomplished by the end of November...Read more
New Russian railbus on test tracks
Russian manufacturer Metrovagonmash, part of Transmashholding, is testing the brand new railbus RA-3. The trials are running on the range of Russian Railway Research Institute (VNIIZhT) in Shcherbinka, Moscow region. The certification tests will go...Read more
Transmashholding opens first manufacturing facility in Africa
Russian rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding (TMH) has opened a production facility in South Africa, the first one on the African continent. The company’s plant is located in the city of Boksburg, Gauteng Province. It will...Read more
More new trains for Moscow commuter service
Central Suburban Passenger Company (CSPC) continues to upgrade its train fleet. This year the company will receive 21 new electric multiple units of the EP2D type to operate on the commuter lines in Moscow region....Read more
Siemens will supply more Inspiro trains to Sofia Metro
German technology manufacturer Siemens Mobility will supply 10 three-car Inspiro trains to the Metropoliten company, an operator of the metro system in Sofia. All the units will be assembled by Siemens Mobility jointly with Polish...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
Russia tests its first self-driving tram
Russian companies PC Transport Systems and Cognitive Technologies are working together on the development of a fully autonomous tram for Russian and foreign markets. The two-month trials of the self-driving vehicle will start soon in...Read more
Russian Railways to purchase new railbuses for Sakhalin
Russian Railways considers the acquisition of three brand new railbuses of type RA-3 to run on the Sakhalin regauged network. The first vehicle is expected to be delivered to the island in autumn. The procurement...Read more
Metrovagonmash to supply 6 trains to Baku Metro
Metrovagonmash, part of Transmashholding, has signed a new contract with Azerbaijan public transport company Bakı Metropoliteni. The Russian manufacturer will supply six five-car metro trains type 81-765.B/766.B to Baku. The first units will be delivered...Read more
Transmashholding to deliver 23 diesel locomotives to Cuba
Bryansk Engineering Plant (BMZ), a part of Transmashholding, will deliver 23 diesel locomotives to Cuba. The new units will be developed, produced and supplied to the customer in 45 months. The locomotives will be used...Read more
Metrovagonmash launches automated bogie assembly line
Russian manufacturer Metrovagonmash, a subsidiary of Transmashholding, has launched an automated production line of bogie assembly for rolling stock. The company invested 35 million Rubles (around 453 thousand Euros) in new equipment. The production line was officially...Read more
Armenia receives new Russian-made passenger train
Russian technology group Transmashholding has dispatched a new EP2D electric train to South Caucasus Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways responsible for passenger operations in Armenia. It is the second unit of this type delivered...Read more