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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has revealed the interior design for its upcoming Series 8000 metro trains.

The launch of Avelia Liberty high-speed trains by Alstom in the United States is once again being delayed. The new fleet for the Acela service is now planned to be put into operation in spring 2024, deviating from the initial schedule by 3 years, according to the railway portal Railway Supply, citing Rollingstock.

Alstom NUG Propulsion System (ANP), the company's joint venture in China, recently introduced a new traction system on one of its trains Currently, trial operations are being conducted in the city of Chengdu with passengers.

French company Alstom has signed a contract with the municipality of Cluj-Napoca to build the first metro line in the city of Cluj-Napoca in the Transylvania region of Romania The first line of the new metro will include 19 underground stations and stretch for 21 km upon completion after 8 years of construction, according to Railway Supply magazine citing Alstom.

Alstom plans to conduct tests of the Coradia iLint hydrogen train in Saudi Arabia According to Tamer Salama, Managing Director of Alstom's Gulf countries division, the company is currently in negotiations to deliver the train to the country by the end of this year, as reported by the railway journal Railway Supply, citing Alstom.

France has announced the establishment of a gigafactory for the production of hydrogen fuel cells for transportation Inocel, a company based in Belfort, plans to begin serial production of 300 kW fuel cells in 2024 on a site spanning over 15,000 square meters.

Alstom will provide a comprehensive service for the maintenance, current repairs and periodic inspections of railway traffic control devices manufactured by the Alstom ZWUS plant.

Alstom has supplied Indian Railways with its 300th WAG12B electric locomotive capable of towing heavy goods trains at high speed, meeting the freight operator's ambitious targets.

National rail operator Irish Rail and French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom have shown the Irish public a mock-up of a DART+ carriage based on the Alstom X'trapolis commuter train platform.

Alstom has equipped 36 Flirt MAV-Start EMUs with ETCS L2, designed to increase speed and safety. The first 36 of the 59 units have been licensed and are now back in passenger service, equipped with a train management system that meets stringent European requirements.

According to Mobility Minister Georges Gilkinet at a plenary meeting of the House of the Federal Parliament, Alstom has already paid €80 million in fines for delaying deliveries of electric trains to Belgium.

Alstom has awarded a £12 million contract from leasing company Eversholt Rail to modernize 40 AC 334 EMUs operated by ScotRail on the Edinburgh-Glasgow line.