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Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler has won a tendering process for the delivery of 34 diesel-electric locomotives to the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA). For Stadler, this is the first major rolling stock order in the Pacific region. The locomotives will be produced in Stadler\'s plant in Valencia. The tender is plan of a larger programme for TRA\'s fleet renewal. The order volume amounts to around EUR 165 million. The locomotives able to operate in multiple traction are planned to be deployed for both passenger and freight services on the 1,067 mm narrow-gauge network in Taiwan. Each of the six-axle locomotives is equipped with a diesel engine from Cummins with a power output of around 3,761 kW. The starting tractive effort is up to 430 kN, and the maximum speed is 120 km/h. At the end of September 2019, Stadler had reported another milestone in establishing itself on the Asian market when it founded a joint venture (JV) with PT Inka from Indonesia (see SCI RAILDATA Issue 39/2019). As part of that JV, the plan is to produce at least 500 commuter rail cars.
Source: Stadler press release 15.10.2019
Rolling stock manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has delivered the first of 11 rubber-tired metros of the series 7000 Automated Guideway Transit to operator Hiroshima Rapid Transit. The vehicles will operate on the New Transit Line 1 (Astram Line) and are to replace the current train fleet in operation. Testing and putting into service of the first metro will now begin, and the vehicle is scheduled to enter service in spring 2020. Hiroshima Rapid Transit placed the order in 2017, and the remaining metros will be delivered gradually up to 2025.
Source: RGI 11.10.2019
In August and September 2019, the vehicle and technology centre FTZ of German state railway DB carried out a test programme with two hybrid locomotives of the 1004 series from Chinese manufacturer CRRC. In June 2018, DB and CRRC had signed a framework agreement for the supply of 20 vehicles (see SCI RAILDATA Issue 26/2018) whose price is estimated at about EUR 2.5 million per unit. Most of the vehicles are to be made available to the infrastructure manager DB Netz. The locomotives are characterised by a particularly narrow clearance gauge, which will enable them to run in the City Tunnel Frankfurt.
Source: Eisenbahn-Magazin 11/2019 p. 30
German railway technology supplier Voith is planning a comprehensive package of measures for the German sites of its Voith Turbo business division in order to secure its competitiveness and viability in the long term. The focus is on streamlining the production base in Germany and on creating centralised, more efficient sites. At the sites of Sonthofen and Zschopau, where Voith is currently manufacturing products for its Industry and Mobility divisions, it is not economically viable to continue production. To this end, the production at these two sites is to be ceased by the end of 2020. The concentration on fewer but larger and more effective sites will be accompanied by a moderate number of job cuts, predominantly in Germany.
Source: Voith press release 14.10.2019