Rolling stock manufacturer Kriukov Car Building Works (KVSZ) plans to manufacture a new electric locomotive (passenger & freight) with asynchronous traction drive for Ukrainian Railways (UZ). Deliveries for the freight units could start in 2017. UZ has made an order proposal for a 7.4 MW dual-voltage twin-section freight locomotive, to be used
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Volgograd plans to purchase 40 tramways until 2017, as part of the fleet renewal program. This year an amount of RUB 560 million has been allocated from the federal budget for the acquisition of trolleybuses and tramways. Until the end of May, Volgograd’s public transport operator, Municipal Unitary Enterprise MetroElectroTrans is
On Monday, April 13th the first two Solaris Tramino started to run in a regular passenger service in Braunschweig. The city operator, Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH, has ordered eighteen modern trams from the Polish manufacturer. Over the next months, Solaris rail vehicles will successively renew the city’s fleet. The official departure on
St. Petersburg Metro has launched a new tender for the purchase of 20 metro cars with asynchronous traction drive. The value of the contract is RUB 10.5 billion. The deadline for submitting bids is the 12th of May 2015. The 8-car trains sets will to enter operation on Kirov-Vyborg subway line. Deliveries are expected between with 2016
Praha metro Line A extention from Dejvická to Nemocnice Motol was inaugurated by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, Prague mayor Adriana Krnáčová (for ANO) and the management of DPP, Prague public transport company. The over 6134 m long new section has four intermediate stations at Bořislavka (station length 193 m, platform level below grade 26.7 m),
Alstom will supply 5 new Citadis trams to Bordeaux Métropole, completing the existing fleet of 100 trams already in circulation on the 79 km of track which makes up the network. With a total of 105 trams ordered since the year 2000, Bordeaux will own one of the largest tram
The first KZ4AT passenger locomotive, jointly developed by Alstom and Transmashholding and delivered to Kazakh Railways by EKZ, has entered commercial service on the Astana-Kokshetau line. Two other locomotives, currently performing dynamic tests in Kazakhstan, are to be delivered in 2015. The one-section alternative current passenger locomotive KZ4AT has been
Trenitalia has placed an EUR 98 million order for 70 Vivalto regional double-deck coaches manufactured by Finmeccanica – AnsaldoBreda. The Italian passenger operator has exercised the option included in the previous contract signed in March 2010. The order covers 56 intermediate coaches and 14 push-pull driving cars. The vehicles will be manufactured in Pistoia and
Sofia metro line extension to the airport was inaugurated today. The new section is 5 km long and has 4 stations: Drujba, Iskarsko Shose, Sofia Sveta Gora and Sofia Airport. “We continue to expand the underground network under Operational Program Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014 – 2020, said Transport Minister Moskovski. “Financing
The three-year OSIRIS rail research project came to a close today and its findings are already helping European rail operators to reduce their energy bills and the environmental impact of their operations. The aim of the OSIRIS project, of which UITP (International Association of Public Transport) was a key partner,
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