Rail transport

East Japan Railway, Toyota and Hitachi will develop train with hydrogen-electric traction systemJR East, Toyota and Hitachi have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of a prototype rail vehicle which uses a hydrogen-electric traction system.

Private traction in Ukraine: the final stage!The launch of private traction on Ukrzaliznytsia railway tracks is already at the final stage.

Electrics in the diesel age Railroad electrification was the bright new dawn that never came. For most of the first half of the 20th century, the United States led the world in railroad electrification.

State order for passenger cars in 2021The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine plans to place an order for the manufacture of passenger cars with the total cost of 3 billion UAH.

Škoda double-deckers: to repair or to plan?Ukrainian railways company (Ukrzaliznytsia) reverts to the issue of repairing of Škoda double-decker trains again.

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.

Shunting locomotives by Express Service are reliable solution to every shunting taskExpress Service is the Eastern European leader in offering new shunting locomotives.

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).

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.

Hyperloop is the transport of the future, will it become an alternative to rail transport? The new type of transport Hyperloop is not something fantastic: all the technologies proposed for use in it are already exist and being successfully developed.