Argentina: Trenes de Buenos Aires has acquired 10 ex-Netherlands Railways Class 3200 two-car DMUs, which will be regauged to 1676 mm for use between Merlo and Lobos on TBA’s Sarmiento route and on the Victoria – Capilla del Señor section of the Mitre network. Australia: WPG Resources has ordered 348 ore wagons from CNR. Canada: Ansaldo STS has signed a US$16·7m contract to supply MicroCab cab signalling for the 468 Bombardier/Alstom MPM-10 metro cars ordered by STM in Montréal. China: CNR is to provide 22 six-car metro trains between November this year and September 2012 to increase capacity on Beijing Line 5. CSR Qingdao Sifang is to supply a further 114 cars for Beijing metro Line 1. CSR Zhuji has a 1·5bn yuan contract to supply Type B trains for Kunming metro Lines 1 and 2 by November 2013. Czech Republic: RegioJet has bought 13 used ÖBB coaches for the Praha – Ostrava open access service it now plans to launch in September. Europe: Alstom is developing a three-axle shunting locomotive able to run at up to 100 km/h, with 1000 kW single-engine and 700 kW twin-engine or battery hybrid options. Said to be the first wagon contract won by a Chinese manufacturer in western Europe, CNR Jinan announced a deal to supply 20 ammonia and 20 liquefied gas tank wagons to French leasing company Atir-Rail on June 17. Finland: Voith is to supply pantographs and traction equipment for the 40 trams Transtech is to supply to Helsinki (RG 1.11 p16). France: With financing arranged by Bank of America, EMD has delivered seven JT42CWRM-100 locomotives to SNCF Geodis subsidiary Akiem, for lease to VFLI for heavy freight service in northern France. Communauté Urbaine de Bordeaux has selected Alstom to supply 26 more Citadis trams costing €80m for Phase III of the tram expansion programme. Germany: On June 21 Alstom announced a €325m order to supply DB Regio Rheinland with 56 Coradia Lint 54 and 84 two and three-car DMUs for Dieselnetz Köln services in the Eifel region from December 2013. India: IR has signed an agreement with Defence Research Development Organisation for trials of controlled-emission toilets on two trains. Iran: Wagon Pars has been awarded a 100bn rial order to supply 100 wagons to Jonoob Steel. It is also considering establishing an assembly plant in Syria in partnership with CFS. New Zealand: KiwiRail has ordered a further 20 CNR Dalian diesel locos for delivery in the second half of 2012, following 20 ordered in 2009 which are now entering service. Peru: Under contracts potentially worth up US$65m, Spain’s FEVE is to supply Andean Railways with refurbished rolling stock for luxury tourist services to Machu Picchu. Poland: Pol-Mied Trans has awarded Newag a contract to rebuild two SM42 shunters to the 6Dg standard, similar to 120 for PKP Cargo. Pesa beat Stadler and Newag for a 103m z More...
