Argentina: Following delivery by Emfer, a sixth EMU comprising four refurbished vehicles and four new double-deck cars (RG 4.11 p9) has entered service on the Sarmiento commuter route in Buenos Aires. Australia: On May 1 Wabtec announced an order for its MotivePower subsidiary to deliver 10 standard gauge MP33C diesel locomotives to the Cfcla Rail leasing joint venture of CFCL Australia and Marubeni Corp during 2013. Austria: ÖBB has put into service 10 coaches refurbished with 24 bicycle spaces and 36 seats. The Regio-Biking cars will serve popular cycling routes in summer and carry skis in winter. China: Within four months of the order being placed, CNR Xi’an has delivered 500 GQ70 tank wagons to China National Petroleum. CSR Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric has won a 280m yuan contract to supply traction equipment for trains ordered for Chongqing Line 6. Czech Republic: RegioJet has bought 12 Am61 coaches from SBB. India: Chicago-based leasing firm GATX Corp has entered the Indian market with the purchase of 10 rakes of 45 container wagons which its GATX India subsidiary will lease to Arshiya Rail Infrastructure for 10 years. Italy: Tenders close on June 15 for two contracts totalling €125bn to supply Trentialia with 70 EMUs, each able to seat 280 passengers, with an option for 20 more, and 40 DMUs with 130 seats, also with an option for 20 more sets. Trenitalia hopes to sign both deals by the end of this summer. Japan: Knorr-Bremse has won a ‘major order’ to supply braking systems for the 23 Series E6 high speed tilting trainsets which are scheduled to enter service with JR East between Tokyo and Akita in early 2013. Namibia: Last month CSR Yangtze completed delivery of open wagons to Namibia under its first African order, placed in October 2011. Poland: Zachodniopomorskie voivodship has awarded Newag a 24m zloty contract to supply a pair of two-car DMUs for use on cross-border services into Germany from August 2014. Lubelskie voivodship has ordered a two-car SA137 DMU from Newag for 19·7m z More...
