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In May 2024, PJM has expanded the company site and the infrastructure for the measuring wheelsets division. A new hall for the development and production of instrumented wheelsets was recently put into operation.
Polo Logistica FS purchased eight Type DE 18 locomotives, manufactured by Vossloh Rolling Stock, used by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) in the Strait of Messina and for maintenance operations.
On 21 May 2024, Vossloh signed an agreement with the owners of its long-standing business partner Scandinavian Track Group (STG) to acquire the group.
The daytime testing began on Wednesday 15 May 2024, when a new Metro train operated in the gaps between timetabled services provided by the current fleet on Metro’s coastal route between Newcastle and North Tyneside.
Since 13 May 2024, DB is executing the acceptance test runs with the new Class 408 ICE3 neo which is scheduled to start regular passenger service between Brussels and Frankfurt this June.
On 26 April 2024 the first locomotive of Class 66, the Britain’s principal freight fleet, to be fitted with digital signalling equipment was moved on to dynamic testing, having successfully progressed through static testing.
Following strong financial results in 2023 and successful debt refinancing, Eurostar is now preparing to invest in up to 50 new trains as it looks boldly to the future.
Taking into account the wishes of operators and in order to improve passenger comfort, the TMH Engineering centre has developed a non-powered intermediate car for the Class EP2DM EMUs with a toilet.
RegioJet concluded a contract with Škoda Group for the delivery of a total of 23 RegioPanters.
On 14 May 2024, Škoda Group announced that it had acquired 100 % of the shares of Cegelec a. s. from VINCI Energies.
On 13 May 2024, RegioPanter 640.234 of ČD in PID colours (Pražská integrovaná doprava, Prague's integrated transport) was put into test operation with passengers on the S4 Praha - Kralupy nad Vltavou line.
On 26 April 2024, the Spanish Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puente, and the President of Renfe, Raül Blanco, visited Alstom's industrial site in Catalonia, where the 201 new high-capacity Class 452 commuter trains for Renfe are being manufactured.
Under this motto, ÖBB put the first nine-car railjet of the new generation into service on 22 March 2024; initially it ran on the domestic route Wien - Feldkirch on supplementary services.
Sporveien has signed an agreement with CAF for the supply of 20 metro trains and their spare parts, with an option to increase the number by up to 90 additional units.