Comboios de Portugal (CP) has officially relaunched an international public tender to procure 12 new high-speed trains along with full life-cycle maintenance services. Valued at approximately €584 million (with a net contract value of €50...
2026-05-26
A new private player has entered the French high-speed rail market with the official launch of Velvet Trains, marking the birth of the country's first privately-owned high-speed rail company. Originally named Proxima, the project has secured €1...
2026-04-27
Amtrak has officially launched the largest long-distance passenger train procurement in its history, planning a single purchase of over 800 new long-distance passenger cars. The move aims to comprehensively replace the aging fleet, which has been in ...
2026-04-21
Swedish rolling stock manufacturer Kiruna Wagon has signed an agreement with Kraftdragarna to develop a customized 32‑axle heavy haul railway wagon with a maximum load capacity of 490 tons. The wagon is specifically designed to transport criti...
2026-04-15
The first five-car Ermak metro train for Novosibirsk, produced at the TMH plant in Mytishchi, has been successfully delivered, with four additional trains scheduled for completion by the end of 2025. This model is manufactured on the same production ...
Norwegian state-owned railway operator Norske tog has decided to terminate the contract with Alstom for upgrading 36 electric multiple units (EMUs), citing severe project delays that have made the fleet modernization plan unfeasible. The contract, s...
From October 4 to 9, 2025, Busworld Europe will be held in Brussels. On this occasion, the HÜBNER Group will showcase new products and solutions in the field of buses and commercial vehicles, focusing on high-performance vehicle operation and s...
India will develop a batch of domestically manufactured high-speed trains with a designed operating speed of 280 km/h in Bengaluru, led by state-owned enterprise BEML. These trains are planned to be put into service on the 558-kilometer-long Mumbai-...
Anyone advocating a shift to rail transport knows this: rail freight is a far more efficient alternative to road transport. A single Vectron locomotive (with freight cars) can replace up to 52 trucks on long-haul routes. To demonstrate that freight ...
Czech locomotive manufacturer CZ LOKO has received its first domestic military order for a diesel locomotive – it will deliver one EffiShunter 1000 locomotive to the Air Force military base in Caslav. The locomotive is scheduled to be delivere...
1. Alstom Poland Wins Bid with Total Cost Advantage Over Competitors PKP Intercity, Poland's intercity railway operator, has selected Alstom Poland as the preferred bidder to deliver 42 sets of double-decker electric multiple units (EMUs) and provide...
India's decision to adopt "bullet train" technology further symbolizes its commitment to restructuring railway infrastructure. On Friday, the second day of Narendra Modi's visit to Japan, Prime Minister Modi took a ride on the Shinkansen high-speed t...
Russia's Bryansk Machine-Building Plant (BMZ) has successfully produced the first TE26 diesel locomotive. This six-axle locomotive with two control cabins is scheduled to undergo testing in the third quarter of this year. To accelerate the certificat...
PKP Intercity, Poland's national railway operator, has announced a tender for the purchase of 18 new shunting locomotives to support the operations of terminal stations and depot stations. This procurement stems from the continuous expansion of the c...
Czech Railways (ČD) has officially launched a tender for unpowered carriages for long-distance transport, planning to purchase up to 10 train sets under a "3 sets first + 7 sets optional" model. It will first confirm the order of 3 sets to meet curr...
Mumbai Metro Line 4 in India, also known as the Green Line, is an elevated corridor with a total length of 35.3 kilometers and 32 stations. Recently, Alstom has won a major contract to supply 234 metro cars for Mumbai Metro Line 4, along with a Commu...
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