Railway News

New passenger car for the long distance trainsThe initial batch of this wagons will be released for the certification tests in the first quarter of 2021.

Two ES1000 battery-powered shunting locomotives by Express Service are going to Great Britain!Locomotives ES1000, produced by the Bulgarian company Express Service, will shunt the new Stadler Flirt and Bombardier Aventra trains at the newly built depot in Harwich (UK).

MAV-Start withdraws battery-electric train tenderHUNGARY’s national passenger operator, MAV-Start, has withdrawn its call for tender for a framework contract to supply up to 50 battery-electric trainsIssued in early May, the tender called for 20 200-seat and 30 150-seat low-floor trains designed to operate on lines electrified at 25kV 50Hz as well as under battery power.

Czech Railways and Leo Express end merger discussions CZECH open-access operator Leo Express has confirmed that discussions for a takeover by Czech Railways (ČD) have come to an end but says it is still in talks with other potential partners.

In June 2020, traction substation Konsthallen at the tram line №7 was successfully put into operation (Stockholm).Tram line № 7 (Djurgårdslinjen) — is one of the 4 tram lines in Stockholm.

Moscow Metro launches tender for 1360 new metro vehiclesMOSCOW Metro has opened bidding for a tender to supply 1360 new-generation metro cars by 2023.

The minimum level of localization of production of electric locomotives in Ukraine will be 35%The tender for the supply of electric locomotives for the implementation of the project to update the fleet of electric locomotives of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" will provide for 35% localization of production on the basis of Ukrainian industrial enterprises.

Belarusian Railways completed electrification of the Zhlobin-Podolsky-Svetlogorsk-on-Berezin sectionThe opening ceremony took place on June 21, 2020 at the Svetlogorsk-on-Berezin station with the participation of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, reports railway magazine «Railway Supply» referring press center of Belarusian Railway.

BDZ to repower narrow gauge locomotivesNational operator BDZ has allocated 4m leva for modernisation of the 760 mm gauge diesel locomotives used on the 125 km Septemvri – Bansko – Dobrinishte line in the Rhodope mountains.

European Investment Bank to support Estonian railway modernisationEIB has signed a €95 million loan agreement with Eesti Raudtee for the modernisation of track and signalling along the Estonian railway network.

InnoTrans organiser reports ‘positive reactions’ to new dateThe decision to move InnoTrans from September 2020 to April 27-30 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic has received widespread support, organiser Messe Berlin says.