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Italy’s high-speed freight train goes to the scrapyard

Marco Raimondi
February 3, 2025
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Mercitalia Fast was a pilot project launched in Italy for high-speed rail freight services. However, the experiment was quite unsuccessful and now the adapted wagons…

Indian sleeper train contract for Alstom

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February 2, 2025
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Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply traction components and maintenance services for Vande Bharat sleeper trains in India.

EWG’s new tank wagons: A 15% boost in efficiency

Nikos Papatolios
January 31, 2025
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The East-West Gate (EWG) group is seeing positive results with its newly leased Wascosa tank wagons. EWG is the first in Europe to operate Wascosa’s…

Rollout schedule for new Tyne & Wear Metro trains announced

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January 30, 2025
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Now that new trains are running on the Tyne & Wear Metro, Nexus has outlined how the rest of the fleet of trains will be brought into service.

Serbia Cargo renews fleet with EBRD funds

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January 30, 2025
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Serbian national rail freight operator Srbija Kargo (Serbia Cargo) is looking to buy eight diesel locomotives with financial support from the European Bank for Reconstruction…

Wabtec receives £200m locomotive order

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January 29, 2025
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Wabtec has announced that it has received an order from Winning Consortium Simandou of around £200m for its Evolution Series ES43ACmi locomotives. The locomotives will…

Wabtec receives £200m locomotive order

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January 29, 2025
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Wabtec has announced that it has received an order from Winning Consortium Simandou of around £200m for its Evolution Series ES43ACmi locomotives. The locomotives will…

New lease on life for rail fleet

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January 28, 2025
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TasRail’s Locomotive Life Extension Project (LLEP) is overhauling eight 2050 and 2000 class legacy locomotives in Launceston to prolong operational …

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New signalling and first locomotives for Algeciras-Zaragoza rolling highway

Marco Raimondi
January 24, 2025
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There is some positive news regarding Spain’s future rolling highway service which connects its largest port, Algeciras, with one of its most important logistics centres,…

Heidelberg Materials places order for 600kWh battery powered Class 08e locomotive

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January 24, 2025
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Positive Traction has received an order from Heidelberg Materials for a Class 08e locomotive. The company has provided donor locomotive 08296 from their fleet for…