Review of the railway news of 24.01-30.01.2022 that you may have missed. Top-10 news of Railway Supply webportal.

1. 30 women will become train drivers in Saudi Arabia

Renfe KSA, a subsidiary of the Spanish carrier in Saudi Arabia, will hire 30 women to operate high-speed trains next year.

2. Serbian operator orders Stadler trains

Stadler Polska beat Alstom and Hitachi Rail to win a €112.3 million contract to supply 18 four-car trains to national passenger operator Srbija Voz.

3. 98% of InnoTrans exhibition area already booked

“The mood in the railway industry at the beginning of this year InnoTrans is positive,” says trade fair organizer Messe Berlin. InnoTrans 2022 has aroused great international interest in the event, which will be held on September 20-23 under the motto “the future of mobility in times of climate change”.

4. Norway selects four manufacturers for framework agreement to supply 100 trains

Norwegian state-owned rolling stock leasing company Norske Tog has selected four suppliers for a contract to supply up to 100 new long-distance trains.

5. UZ will ban the transportation of coal from Russia to Slovakia

Ukrzaliznytsia will introduce a new convention for transportation to Slovakia from January 24

6. Russian Railways purchased 535 locomotives in 2021

Last year Russian Railways purchased 535 new locomotives.

7. Conditions for the resumption of railway transit to Poland became known

The transit restriction was introduced by Ukraine due to the accumulation of wagons and infrastructure problems.

8. Alstom Salzgitter plant received several large orders for the production of electric trains

30 Alstom Coradia Nordic trains in a six-car configuration (order of the Norwegian carrier Norske Tog) will be produced on the German site of the manufacturer.

9. Stadler appealed the tender for the purchase of 18 trams for Dnipro to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine

The company’s application for participation in the auction was rejected due to inconsistency of the documentation.

10. Poland is testing a device to prevent the theft of contact network elements

PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe has started testing an “anti-theft” device for railway overhead systems.

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